Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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667934 | International Journal of Thermal Sciences | 2016 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
The thermal response of an unprotected structural steel element exposed to a solid rocket propellant fire is investigated. A 2Â kg aluminized composite propellant Butalane® is positioned onto a 5Â mm steel plate and ignited with a torch in the experiments. Radiative and convection-dominated heat transfer regions are observed, with the latter dominating the heating of the plate to a maximum of 820Â K. Results obtained from thermal modeling reproduce the experiments well in terms of time evolutions of the structural element temperature.
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Authors
M. Mense, Y. Pizzo, C. Lallemand, J.-C. Loraud, B. Porterie,