Chemical kinetic factors of hydrocarbon oxidation are examined in a variety of ignition
problems. Ignition is related to the presence of a dominant chain-branching reaction …

Advances in modeling soot formation and burnout in combustion systems are surveyed. The
types of models are divided up into three classes: empirical, semi-empirical and detailed …

The present study reports an updated detailed chemical kinetic model for soot formation.
The model combines recent developments in gas-phase reactions, aromatic chemistry, soot …

This is Volume 2 of the FDS Technical Reference Guide [1]. Volume 1 describes the
mathematical model and numerical method. Volume 3 documents past and present …

Propellants and Explosives Explosives and propellants are termed energetic materials for
containing considerable chemical energy which can be converted into rapid expansion. In …

Spherically expanding flames propagating at constant pressure are employed to determine
the unstretched laminar burning velocity and the effect of flame stretch as quantified by the …

This Guide describes how to use the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) version 5. Because
new features are added periodically, check the current version number on the inside front …

Computations are for three modes of spherical laminar flame propagation: explosion,
implosion, and stationary. The reduced kinetic, C1, scheme of Mauss and Peters is …

The application of laminar flamelet concepts to turbulent flame propagation requires a
detailed understanding of strained laminar flames. Here we use numerical methods …

Physics-based coupled fire–atmosphere models are based on approximations to the
governing equations of fluid dynamics, combustion, and the thermal degradation of solid …