Staggs, J (2015) Important parameter groups in thermal protection of polymers. Materials, 8 (8). 4679 - 4698. ISSN 1996-1944
Abstract
The problem of thermal protection is explored for two idiosyncratic reactive systems, namely a sacrificial heat-sink material and an intumescent system where a dynamically evolving insulation layer is produced from an initially thin coating. Relatively simple mathematical models of both systems are proposed that encompass the important physical characteristics of each situation and these models are analysed using a mixture of numerical and analytical techniques. Important dimensionless parameter groups are identified and domains of parameter space where thermal performance is particularly goodor particularly bad- are identified.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited |
Keywords: | thermal protection; modelling; heat sink; intumescence |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) > Energy Research Institute (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2015 11:18 |
Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2015 11:18 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma8084679 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/ma8084679 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90514 |