Electrical wires and cables have been identified as a potential source of fire in residential
buildings, nuclear power plants, aircraft, and spacecraft. This work reviews the recent …

Thermal induced pyrolysis and the following flaming ignition of solid combustible play
crucial roles in determining the occurrence of fire and the subsequent flame spread. This …

This paper introduces fire safety standards for flammability evaluation of solid material
intended for use in a spacecraft habitat. Two types of existing standards include material …

Ignition of electrical wires by external heating is investigated in order to gain a better
understanding of the initiation of electrical-wire fires. An ignition-to-spread model is …

The present work studied the normal gravity (1 g) and microgravity (μg) flame spread limits
(LOC) of ETFE insulated copper wires exposed to an external radiant flux. Experiments with …

The dripping behavior of the molten thermoplastic insulation of copper wire, induced by
flame spread under overload currents, was investigated for a better understanding of …

The primary objective of this study is to measure the minimum ignition energy (MIE) of
methane-air and hydrogen-air mixtures at low temperatures and atmospheric pressure …

This paper investigated experimentally the interaction behaviors of flames spreading over
two parallel adjacent electrical wires at various separation distances. Experiments were …

Abstract Effect of the thickness of polyethylene (PE) insulator on flame spread over electrical
wire with high thermal conductivity of Cu-core is experimentally investigated by varying the …

Ignition phenomena of electric wires carrying short-term excess electric currents were
investigated in microgravity with experiments and calculations. Microgravity experiments …