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A fire simulation facility for materials response testing

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The people who did much of the test work in the search for a suitable heat shield material for the Apollo spacecraft have turned their attention toward fire protection through materials. The authors are part of a thermodynamics laboratory team that is studying the thermal behavior of newly developed materials.

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Abbreviations

q net 1–2 :

net radiant energy absorbed by Body 2 in the presence of radiation from Body 1, Btu/ft2-sec

A 1 :

area of Body 1, ft2

A 2 :

area of Body 2, ft2

ε1 :

effective emittance of Body 1, thermodynamic equilibrium assumed

ε2 :

emittance of Body 2

σ:

Stefan Boltzmann constant, 0.456 × 10−12 Btu/ft2-sec °R4

F 2−1 :

mean geometric view factor between Body 2 and Body 1

T 1 :

absolute temperature of Body 1, °R

T 2 :

absolute temperature of Body 2, °R

ρ2 :

reflectivity of Body 2

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  1. B. Belason
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  2. G. Castle
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  3. D. Crowley
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  4. L. D’Avanzo
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Avco Systems Division

Note: At the time of this writing, there was a patent pending on the Fire Simulation Facility discussed in this paper.

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Belason, B., Castle, G., Crowley, D. et al. A fire simulation facility for materials response testing. Fire Technol 6, 179–188 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02588917

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