Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Publications (last update Jan. 2004)

1.     "Surface Temperature Histories During Downward Propagation of Flames on PMMA Sheets," Ing. Aero. & Astron. ,135, 41-53, 1974 (with M. Kindelan and F.A. Williams).

2.     "Laminar Flame Spread Over PMMA Surfaces," Fifteenth Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 217-231, 1975 (with F.A. Williams).

3.     "Experimental Techniques in the Study of Laminar Flame Spread Over Solid Combustibles," Combustion Science and Technology, 14, 155-167, 1976 (with F.A. Williams).

4.     "A Theory of Laminar Flame Spread Over Flat Surfaces of Solid Combustibles," Combustion and Flame, 28, 251-277, 1977 (with F.A. Williams).

5.     "Downward Flame Spread Under the Influence of Externally Applied Thermal Radiation," Combustion Science and Technology, 17, 1-9, 1977.

6.     "Upward Laminar Flame Spread Under the Influence of Externally Applied Thermal Radiation," Combustion Science and Technology, 17, 87-99, 1977.

7.     “A Theoretical Model for the Upward Laminar Spread of Flames Over Vertical Fuel Surfaces," Combustion and Flame, 31, 135-148, 1978.

8.     "An Application of a Two-Component Laser Doppler Velocimeter to the Measurement of Flows Induced by Flames Propagating Over Condensed Fuels," Applied Optics, 17, 23, 3843-3850, 1978 (with R.J. Santoro, F.L. Dryer, and I. Glassman).

9.     ."Downward Flame Spread in an Opposed Forced Flow," Combustion Science and Technology, 19, 19-30, 1978 (with S.R. Ray and I. Glassman).

10.   "On the Dominant Mode of Heat Transfer in Downward Flame Spread," Seventeenth Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1201-1209, 1979 (with R.J. Santoro).

11.   "Initial Observations on the Free Droplet Combustion Characteristics of Water-in-Fuel Emulsions," Combustion Science and Technology, 21, 1-14, 1979 (with J.C. Lasheras and F.L. Dryer).

12.   “Flame Spread in a Forward Forced Flow," Combustion and Flame, 36, 63-78, 1979.

13.   "Laser Doppler Velocimetry as Applied to the Study of Flame Spread Over Condensed Phase Materials," Laser Velocimetry and Particle Sizing, Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Laser Velocimetry, 166-170, 1979 (with R.J. Santoro, F.L. Dryer, and I. Glassman).

14. "A Study of the Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Horizontal Flame Propagation," Journal of Heat Transfer, 102, 2, 357-363, 1980 (with S.R. Ray and I. Glassman).

15."Experimental Observations on the Disruptive Combustion of Free Droplets of Multicomponent Fuels," Combustion Science and Technology, 22, 195-209, 1980 (with J.C. Lasheras and F.L. Dryer).

16."Flame Spread in an Opposed Forced Flow:  The Effect of Ambient Oxygen Concentration," Eighteenth Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 579-589, 1980 (with S.R. Ray and I. Glassman).

17."On the Disruptive Burning of Free Droplets of Alcohol/n-Paraffin Solutions and Emulsions," Eighteenth Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 293-305, 1980 (with J.C. Lasheras and F.L. Dryer).

18."A Unified Analysis of Concurrent Modes of Flame Spread," Combustion Science and Technology, 26, 147-156, 1981 (with C.P. Mao).

19.   "Fluid Mechanical Structure of a Premixed Flame in a Flat Plate Boundary Layer Flow," Proceedings of the First Specialists Meeting (International) of the Combustion Institute, University of Bourdeaux, France, Vol. I, 249-254, 1981 (with C. Trevino).

20.   "Catalytic Flat Plate Boundary Layer Ignition," Combustion Science and Technology, 26, 245-253, 1981 (with C. Trevino).

21.   "Influencia de la Localizacion de una Zona de Alta Temperatura de una Placa Plana sobre el Proceso de Ignicion de Gases Premezclados," Proceedings of the VII Congreso de la Academia Nacional de Ingenieria de Mexico, 228-232, 1981 (with C. Trevino).

22.   "A Theory for the Free-Convective Burning of a Condensed Fuel Particle," Combustion and Flame, 44, 97-112, 1982 (with C.K. Law).

23.   "A Unified Criterion for the Convective Extinction of Fuel Particles," Combustion and Flame, 44, 113-124, 1982 (with X. Wu and C.K. Law).

24.   "An Analysis of the Forced Convective Burning of a Combustible Particle," Combustion Science and Technology, 28, 305-314, 1982.

25.   "Controlling Mechanisms of Flame Spread," Published jointly in Fire Science and Technology (Japan) 2, 1, 17-54, 1982 and Combustion Science and Technology, 32, 1-31, 1983 (with T. Hirano).

26.   "On the Mixed-Convective Flame Structure in the Stagnation Point of a Fuel Particle," Nineteenth Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1037-1044, 1982 (with C.K. Law).

27.   "On the Influence of the Plate Thickness on the Boundary Layer Ignition for Large Activation Energies," Combustion and Flame, 49, 91-100, 1983 (with C. Trevino).

28.   "Mixed Convective Burning of a Vertical Fuel Surface," Proceedings of the 1983 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, 4, 295-301, 1983 (with P.J. Pagni).

29.   "Theory of the Mixed Convective Combustion of a Spherical Fuel Particle," Combustion and Flame, 53, 23-32, 1983.

30.   "An Investigation of Steady-Wall Ceiling and Partial Enclosure Fires," Journal of Heat Transfer, 106, 1, 221-228, 1984 (with C.P. Mao and J.A.C. Humphrey).

31.   "Mixed Convective Burning of a Fuel Surface with Arbitrary Inclination," Journal of Heat Transfer, 106, 2, 304-309, 1984 (with C.P. Mao and P.J. Pagni).

32.   "Flame Spread Modeling," Combustion and Flame, 30, 119-135, 1984.

33.   "Aerodynamics of Premixed Flames in Flat Plate Boundary Layers," Combustion Science and Technology, 38, 293-313, 1984 (with C. Trevino).

34.   "Convective Structure of a Diffusion Flame Over a Flat Combustible Surface," Combustion and Flame, 57, 209-236, 1984 (with C.P. Mao and H. Kodama).

35.   "Mixed Convective Droplet Combustion with Internal Circulation," Combustion Science and Technology, 42, 47-66, 1984 (with R.H. Rangel).

36.   "A Study of the Controlling Mechanisms of Flow Assisted Flame Spread," Twentieth Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1575-1582, 1984 (with H.T. Loh).

37.   "Gas Phase Ignition of a Solid Combustible in a Convective Flow," Latinamerican Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 9, 131-147, 1985 (with C. Trevino).

38.   "Predictions of Flame Spread Hydrodynamics over Liquid Fuels," Physical Chemical Hydrodynamics 6, No. 4, 347-372, 1985 (with M. Furuta and J.A.C. Humphrey).

39.   "Flow Assisted Flame Spread Over Thermally Thin Fuels," Proceedings First International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Hemisphere Publishing Co., Washington, D.C., 65-74, 1985 (with H.T. Loh).

40.   "Droplet Ignition in Free Convection," Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Vol. 105, Dynamics of Reactive Systems, Part II , 239-252, 1985 (with R. Rangel).

41.   "An Analysis of Gas Phase Ignition by Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Cylindrical Surfaces," Combustion Science and Technology, 48, 45-54, 1986, (with R. Rangel and C. Trevino).

42.   "Buoyancy Effects on Smoldering Combustion," Acta Astronautica, 13, 689-696, 1987 (with S. Dosanjh and P.J. Pagni).

43.   "Forced Concurrent Smoldering Combustion," Combustion and Flame, 68, 131-142, 1987 (with S. Dosanjh and P.J. Pagni).

44.   "Extinction and Stabilization of a Diffusion Flame on a Flat Combustible Surface with Emphasis on Thermal Controlling Mechanisms," Combustion Science and Technology, 44, 1-6, 37-50, 1987 (with H. Kodama and K. Miyasaka).

45.   "An Analysis of the Ignition by Vapor Absorption of Radiation of a Vaporizing Fuel at Zero-Gravity," Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, 113, 115-127, 1988 (with B. Amos).

46.   "Mixed-Convective Film Boiling Around a Cylinder," Latin American Applied Research, 18, 131-137, 1988 (with R. Rangel and C. Trevino).

47.   "Model of the Ignition and Flame Development on a Vaporizing Combustible Surface in a Stagnation Point Flow: Ignition by Vapor Fuel Radiation Absorption," Combustion Science and Technology, 62, 331-343, 1988 (with B. Amos).

48.   "Model of the Flow Assisted Spread of Flames over a Thin Charring Combustible," Twenty-Second International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1205-1212, 1988 (with C. DiBlasi, S. Crescitelli, and G. Russo).

49.   "On the Flame Structure at the Base of a Pool Fire," Twenty-Second International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1291-1298, 1988 (with A. Bouhafid, J.P. Vantelon and P. Joulain).

50.   "On the Influence of the Gas Velocity Profile on the Theoretically Predicted Opposed Flow Flame Spread," Combustion Science and Technology, 64, 289, 1989 (with C. DiBlasi, S. Crescitelli, and G. Russo).

51.   “Prediction of the Dependence on the Opposed Flow Characteristics of the Flame Spread Rate Over Thick Solid Fuels," Second International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, 119-128, 1989 (with C. DiBlasi, S. Crescitelli and G. Russo).

52.   "Experimental Observations of the Effect of Buoyancy on Co-Current Smoldering," Journal of Fire and Materials, 14, 145, 1989 (with J. Newhall and P.J. Pagni).

53.   "Flame Spread in an Opposed Turbulent Flow," Combustion and Flame, 81, 1, 40-49, 1990 (with L. Zhou and R. Cheng).

54.   "A Mixing and Deformation Mechanism for a Supercritical Fuel Droplet," Combustion and Flame, 81, 1, 50-58, 1990 (with H.S. Lee, G. Corcos, and A.K. Oppenheim).

55.   "Gravitational Effects on Cellular Flame Structure," Twenty-Third International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1657, 1990, (with C. Dunsky).

56.   "Concurrent Turbulent Flame Spread," Twenty-Third International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1709, 1990, (with L. Zhou).

57.   "Turbulent Burning of a Flat Fuel Surface," Proceedings Third International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Elsevier Applied Science, 415, 1991 (with L. Zhou).

58.   "A Study of the Fire Performance of Electrical Cables," Proceedings Third International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Elsevier Applied Science, 237, 1991 (with H. Hasegawa, K. Staggs, A. Lipska-Quinn, and N. Alvares).

59.   "Influence of an External Radiant Flux on a Moderate Scale Pool Fire," Combustion and Flame, 86, 237, 1991 (with X. Zhang, J.P. Vantelon and P. Joulain).

60.   "Pool and Wall Fires: Some Fundamental Aspects," Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, 5, 261, 1991.

61.   "Solid Fuel Combustion in a Forced, Turbulent, Flat Plate Flow: The Effect of Buoyancy," Twenty-Fourth International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1721, 1992 (with L. Zhou).

62.   "Flame Spread in a Vitiated Concurrent Flow," 1992 ASME/AIChE National Heat Transfer Conference, San Diego, CA, August 1992, HTD-Vol. 199, 136-142, (with Y.H. Chao).

63.   "Flat Plate Diffusion Flame Combustion in Microgravity," 31st Aerospace Science Meeting, January 11-14, 1993, Reno, NV, paper AIAA-93-0826 (with L. Bonneau, P. Joulain and J.M. Most).

64.   "Opposed Flow Smoldering of Polyurethane Foam," Combustion Science and Technology, 91, 1-3, 95-117, 1993 (with J. Torero and K. Kitano).

65.   "Turbulent, Concurrent, Ceiling Flame Spread:  The Effect of Buoyancy," Combustion and Flame, 92, 45, 1993 (with L. Zhou).

66.   "Microgravity Smoldering Combustion on the USML-1 Shuttle Mission," ASME 1993 Winter Annual Meeting, HTD-Vol. 269, 99-110, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 1993 (with D.P. Stocker, S. Olson and J.L. Torero).

67    “Smoldering Combustion in Microgravity: From Ground Based to Space Shuttle Experiments,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Aerospace and Fluid Sciences, Sendai, Japan, 243-273, 1993.

68.   "Experimental Observations of the Effect of Gravity Changes on Smoldering Combustion," AIAA Journal, 32, 5, 991-996, 1994 (with J.L. Torero and D. Urban).

69.   “The Challenge of Fire Prediction,” Combustion Science and Technology, Special Silver Anniversary Issue, The Next 25 Years, 98, 281-290, 1994.

70.   “Downward Smoldering of Polyurethane Foam,” Fourth International Symposium on Fire Safety, 409-420, 1994 (with J.L. Torero).

71.   “Analysis of a Run-Away High Rack Storage Fire,” Fourth International Symposium on Fire Safety, 1267-1278, 1994 (with N.J. Alvares, H.K. Hasegawa, K. Hout and J. White).

72    “On Solid Fuel Ignition and Flame Spread” Proceedings of the Zeldovich Memorial International Conference on Combustion, Moscow, Russia, V.2, 122-126, 1994

73.   “Propagation and Extinction of Forced Opposed Flow Smolder Waves,” Combustion and Flame, 101, 471-490, 1995 (with  D.A. Schultz, B.J. Matkowsky, and V.A. Volpert).

74.   “Boilover Burning of Oil Spilled in Water,” Twenty-Fifth Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute,  1481-1487, 1995 (with J.P. Garo and J.P. Vantelon).

75.   “Natural Convection Smolder of Polyurethane Foam, Upward Propagation, Fire Safety Journal, 24, 35-52, 1995 (with J.L. Torero).

76.   “Forced Forward Smolder Combustion,” Combustion and Flame 104, 1-26, 1996 (with D.A. Schultz, B.J. Matkowsky, and V.A. Volpert).

77.   “Concurrent Horizontal Flame Spread:  The Combined Effect of Flow Velocity, Turbulence and Oxygen Concentration,” Combustion Science and Technology V. 110-111 (1-6), .19 1996 (with Y.H. Chao).

78. "Combustion in Microgravity, a Novel and Exciting Field" Journal of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, V. 99, No. 928, 163-165, 1996

79. "Auto-Ignition of a Flat Solid Fuel in a High Temperature, Oxidizing, Boundary Layer Flow" Combustion Science and Technology,113-114, 573, 1996 (with J.L. Cordova, and M. August)

80. "Forward Smolder of Polyurethane Foam in a Forced Air Flow" Combustion and Flame,106, 1/2, 89-109, 1996 (with J. L.Torero)

81."Some Observations of Two-dimensional Smoldering and the Transition to Flaming" Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Combustion, Vol 1, Taylor and Francis, Washington D.C., 689-700, 1996 (with S.D. Tse)

82. "Controlling Mechanisms in the Transition from Smoldering to Flaming of Flexible Polyurethane Foam" Twenty-Sixth Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1505-1513, 1996 (with S.D. Tse and K. Miyasaka).

83. "Effect of the Fuel Boiling Point on the Boilover Burning of Liquid Fuels Spilled on

Water" Twenty-Sixth Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1461-1467, 1996 (with J.P. Garo and J.P. Vantelon).

84. "Influence of Gravity and Pressure on Pool Fire Type Diffusion Flames" Twenty-Sixth

Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1311-1317, 1996 (with J.M Most, P. Mandin, J. Chen, P. Joulain, and D. Durox).

85."Small Scale Smoldering Combustion Experiments in Microgravity" Twenty-Sixth Symposium(International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1361-1368, 1996 (with D. P. Stocker, S. L. Olson, D. Urban, J.L. Torero, D. Walther)

86. “A Novel Application of Ultrasonic Imaging to Study Smoldering Combustion” Proceedings of the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC 97), The Combustion Institute, 54-57, 1996 (with Tse, S.D., Anthenien, R.A., and Miyasaka, K.)

87.   “Forced Ignition of a Solid Fuel in a Turbulent Boundary Layer Oxidizing Flow,” Physical and Chemical Aspects of Combustion, Combustion Science and Technology Book Series, V. 4, 409-431, 1997 (with Chao, Y. H.).

88.”On the Flight Paths of Metal Particles and Embers Generated by Power Lines in High Winds and Their Potential To Initiate Wildland Fires” Fire Safety Journal, 30 (4) 333-356, 1998 (with Tse, S.D.)

89. “Smoldering Combustion Experiments in Microgravity” 12th Annual Microgravity Science and Space Processing Symposium, 36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA 98-0569 publication, 1998 (with D. C. Walther and D. L. Urban)

90. “Piloted Ignition of a Solid Combustible Material under a Thermal Radiant Flux: The Effect of the Oxidizer Flow Velocity” Proceedings of the 7th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Vol 1, 169-177, 1998 (with J.L. Cordova and J. Ceamanos)

91. “An Application of Ultrasound Tomographic Imaging to Study Smoldering Combustion” Combustion and Flame, V.116, No. 12, 120-135, 1998 (with Tse, S.D., Anthenien, R.A., and Miyasaka, K.)

92. “A Study of Forward Smolder Ignition of Polyurethane Foam” Twenty-Seventh Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 2683-2689, 1998 (with R.A. Anthenien)

93. “Space Shuttle Based Microgravity Smoldering Combustion Experiments” Combustion and Flame, V. 116, No. 3, 398-414, 1998 (with D. C. Walther and D. L. Urban)

94. “Effects of Oxidizer Flow Characteristics on the Flammability Diagrams of Solid Combustible Materials” Proceedings of the 5th ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA, 1999, publication AJTE99-6244  (with Cordova, J., L., Zhou, Y., Pfaff, C. C., Long R.T., and Torero, J.L.)

95. “Combustion of Liquid Fuels Spilled on Water; Prediction of Time to Start of Boilover” Combustion Science and Technology, V 147, 39-46, 1999 (with J.P. Garo, P. Gillard and J.P. Vantelon)

96. “Method for Ranking the Fire Properties of Materials in Space Based Facilities” Prevention of Hazardous Fires and Explosions, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, V.E. Zarko et al. (eds), 49-59, 1999

97. “Ultrasound Imaging Implementation and Ignition Protocol for the Microgravity Smoldering Combustion (MSC) Experiment” 13th Annual Microgravity Science and Space Processing Symposium, AIAA 99-0699 publication, 1999 (with R.A. Anthenien, M. Roslon, D.L. Urban and D. Walther)

98. “The Effect of Oxygen Concentration on the Ignition of Smolder of Polyurethane Foam” Proceedings of the First Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Anatalya, Turkey, 1251-1278, 1999 (with D. Walther, and R. Anthenien)

99 “Fire Initiation and Spread in Overloaded Communication System Cable Trays” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 21, 51-57, 2000 (with N. Alvares).

100. “Convection Effects on the Endothermic Gasification and Piloted Ignition of a Radiatively Heated Combustible Solid" Combustion Science and Technology, V. 156, 271-289, 2000 (with J.L. Cordova)

101 “Smolder Ignition of Polyurethane Foam: Effect of Oxygen Concentration” Fire Safety Journal, V. 34, 343-359, 2000 (with R.A. Anthenien and D.C. Walther)

102 “On the Thin Layer Boilover” Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, IAFSS, 579, 2000 (with J.P. Garo, P. Gillard and J.P. Vantelon)

103 “Scale and Transport Considerations on Piloted Ignition of PMMA” Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, IAFSS, 567, 2000 (with R.T. Long, J.G. Quintiere, and J.L. Torero)

104 “Test Method for Ranking Material Flammability in Reduced Gravity” Space Forum Journal, V.6, 237-244, 2000. (with D. C. Walther, J.L. Cordova, T. Steinhaus, J.G. Quintiere, J.L. Torero, and H. D. Ross)

105. “Microgravity Ignition Delay of Solid Fuels in Low Velocity Flows” AIAA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 12, 2336-2342, 2001 (with M. Roslon, S. Olenic, D. Walther, J.L. Torero, and H. D. Ross).

106. “Numerical Modeling of Endothermic Pyrolysis and Ignition Delay of Composite Materials Exposed to an External Radiant Flux” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 28, pp 2769-2775, 2000 (with  Y.Y. Zhou)

107.“An Enthalpy-Temperature Hybrid Method for Solving Phase Change Problems and its Application to Polymer Pyrolysis and Ignition”, Combustion Theory and Modeling, 4, 477-493, 2000 (with Y.Y. Zhou)

108. “Oxidizer Flow Effects on the Flammability of Solid Combustible Materials” Combustion Science and Technology, V. 164, 253-278, 2001 (with J. L. Cordova, J.L. Torero, and D.C. Walther)

109. “Theoretical Prediction of Microgravity Ignition Delay of Polymeric Fuels in Low Velocity Flows" 39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA publication 2001-0471, 2001 (with Y.Y. Zhou, D. C. Walther, J.L. Torero, and H. D. Ross).

110. “Thrust and Electrical Power from Solid Propellant Microrockets” Proc. of the 14^th Annual IEEE International MEMS-01 Conference, Interlaken, Switzerland, 606-610, 2001 (with W. Lindsay, D. Teasdale, V. Milanovic, and K. Pister)

111. “Microscale Combustion Research for Applications to MEMS Rotary IC Engine” Proc. of the 35^th ASME 2001 National Heat Transfer Conference, ASME publication NHTC2001-20089, 2001 (with K. Fu, A.J. Knobloch, B. A. Cooley, D. C. Walther, D. Liepmann, and K. Miyasaka)

112. “Numerical Analysis of Composition Effects on the Ignition Delay of Polymeric Composites” Computational Engineering Series, Vol. 3, Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements X, WIT press, 767-776, 2001 (with Y.Y. Zhou, A. Stevanovic and S. Metha)

113. “Design and Experimental Results of Small-Scale Rotary Engines” Proc. 2001 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), ASME publication IMECE/MEMS-23924, 2001 (with K. Fu, A.J. Knobloch, F. C. Martinez, D. C. Walther, A. P. Pisano, D. Liepmann, K. Maruta and K. Miyasaka)

114 “Design and Fabrication of a Silicon-Based MEMS Rotary Engine” Proc. 2001 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, (IMECE), ASME publication IMECE/MEMS-23925, 2001 (with K. Fu, A.J. Knobloch, F. C. Martinez, D. C. Walther, A. P. Pisano, and D. Liepmann, K.)

115. “Forced Ignition and Spread Tests” International Space Station Utilization Conference, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Oct 15-18, 2001, AIAA 2001-5080 publication, 2001 (with J.L. Torero, and H. Ross)

116. “Microgravity Smoldering Combustion Experiments in the Space Shuttle” International Astronautical Federation, 52^nd International Astronautical Congress, Toulouse, France, Oct.1-5, AIAA publication IAF-01-J.3.01, 2001(with A. Bar-Ilan, A. Anthenien, D.C. Walther and D. Urban)

117. “Effect of Fiberglass Concentration on the Piloted Ignition Delay of Polypropylene Fiberglass Composites” Combustion Science and Technology, V.174, 169-185, 2002  (with A. Stevanovic, S. Mehta, Y.Y. Zhou, and D. Walther)

118. “Numerical Analysis of Piloted Ignition of Polymeric Materials” Combustion and Flame 131, 147-158, 2002 (with Y.Y. Zhou, and D. Walther)

.119. “Micro-Scale Power Generation Using Combustion: Issues and Approaches” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 29, 883-899, 2002  (Invited Topical Review)

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120. “Theoretical Prediction of Ignition Delay of Polymeric Fuels in Microgravity at Low Velocity Flows” Microgravity Science and Technology, Vol. XIV/1, 44-50, 2003 (with Y.Y. Zhou, D.C. Walther, J.L. Torero and H. Ross)

121 “Microgravity Forward Smolder Experiments in the Space Shuttle” 41^st Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 2003, AIAA publication 2003-0987, 2003 (with Bar-Ilan, A., Rein, G., Torero, J.L., and Urban, D.L.) 

122 “Micro-Scale Combustion: Issues, Applications and Progress” Proceedings of the Third Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Marrakech, Morocco, June 8-13, 2003, C6.1-C6.6, (Plenary Lecture)

123 “Effect of Buoyancy on Forced Forward Smoldering” Proceedings of the Third Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Marrakech, Morocco, June 8-13, 2003, 770-782 (with Bar-Ilan, A., Rein, G., Torero, J.L., and Urban, D.L.) 

124.  “Modeling Flame Spread as a Flame Induced Solid Ignition Process” Proceedings of the 4^th International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Londonderry, U.K. Sept 8-12, 2003 (in press) (Invited Plenary Lecture)

125   . “A Methodology to determine Pre-crash Fuel quantity from Post-crash Fire Thermal Damage to Aircraft Structure” Proceedings of the 4^th International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Londonderry, U.K. Sept 8-12, 2003 (in press) (with Alvares N.)

126   . “Effect of Material Composition on Ignition Delay of Composites” Composites 2003 Convection & Trade Show, Composites Fabricators Association, Anaheim, CA, October 1-3, 2003 (with Lautenberger, C., Stevanovich, A., Rich D .and Torero, J.L.)

127   . “Forced Forward Smoldering Experiments in Microgravity” J. Experimental Thermal and Fluids Science, (in press), 2004 (with Bar-Ilan, A., Rein, G., Torero, J.L., and Urban, D.L)

128. “Micro, Internal-Combustion Engine Fabrication with 900 micron Deep Features via DRIE”, IMECE2003-42558, Proc. 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Washington, D.C., November 15-21, 2003 (with Knobloch, A.J., Matt Wasilik, M.and Pisano, A.P.)

129. “The Effect of Buoyancy on Opposed Smoldering” Combustion Science and Technology (submitted) 2003 (with Bar-Ilan, A. Rein, G., Walther. D. Torero, J.L., and Urban, D.L.)

130. “Convective Effects on the Piloted Ignition of Composite Materials” Proceedings of the Symposium on Advancements in Combustion Theory, UCSD, San Diego, CA, January 10, 2004 (in press) (with Lautenberger, C an Zhou, Y.Y.)

131. “Modeling of One-Dimensional Smoldering of Polyurethane in Microgravity Conditions”  30^th Symposium International on Combustion, Chicago, Ill. July 2004 (submitted) (with  Rein, G., Bar-Ilan, A., Ellzey, J.L., Torero, J.L., and Urban, D.L.)

132. “Transition from Forward Smoldering to Flaming in Small Polyurethane Foam Samples”  30^th Symposium International on Combustion, Chicago, Ill. July 2004 (submitted) (with  Bar-Ilan, A, Putzeys, O., Rein, G., and Urban, D.L.)

1.     "Torres de Refrigeracion," II Convencion de Ingenieros Industriales, Barcelona (Spain), October 1971.

2.     "Surface Temperature Histories During Downward Propagation of Flames on PMMA Sheets," 1973 Spring Meeting, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1973 (with M. Kindelan and F.A. Williams).

3.     "Laminar Flame Spread Over Flat Solid Surfaces," Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, July, 1976.

4.     "Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Flame Spread Over Solid Fuels," AVCO Everett Research Laboratories, Everett, MA, August, 1976.

5.     "Downward Flame Spread Over the Surface of Solid Fuels," University of California, Berkeley, CA, October, 1976.

6.     "A Theoretical Model of Downward Flame Spread Over Flat Solid Combustibles," Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, October, 1976.

7.     "Upward Flame Spread Under the Influence of Externally Applied Thermal Radiation," Brown University, Providence, RI, March, 1977.

8.     "Fire Spread Over Vertical Fuel Surfaces Under the Influence of Externally Applied Thermal Radiation," Home Fire Project Technical Report No. 19, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1977.

9.     "Experimental Investigations of Flame Spread Over Condensed Combustibles: Gas Phase Interactions," Princeton University - NBS Grant Report NBS-GCR-78-117.  Preprinted by the National Technical Information Service under Order No. PB-275999, 1977 (with R.J. Santoro, F.L. Dryer, and I. Glassman).

10.   "Two-Dimensional LDV Measurements of Flows Induced by Flames Propagating Over Condensed Fuels," CLEOS 78-IEEE IOSA Conference, San Diego, CA, February, 1978 (with R.J. Santoro and I. Glassman).

11.   "Downward Flame Spread in an Opposed Forced Flow," 1978 Spring Meeting, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1978 (with S.R. Ray and I. Glassman).

12.   “Downward Flame Spread in an Opposed Forced Flow,” Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, April 1978.

13.   “Downward Flame Spread in an Opposed Forced Flow,” National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., July 1978.

14.   "Laser Doppler Velocimetry as Applied to the Study of Flame Spread Over Condensed Phase Materials," Third International Workshop on Laser Velocimetry, Purdue University, 1978 (with R.J. Santoro, F.L. Dryer, and I. Glassman).

15.   "Further Studies on the Superheat and Microexplosion of Emulsified Fuels," Symposium on Emulsified Fuels in Combustion, D.O.T., Cambridge, MA, September, 1978 (with J.C. Lasheras, T. Avedisian, and F.L. Dryer).

16.   "Flame Spread Mechanisms," University of California, Berkeley, CA, October, 1978.

17.   "Flame Spread In a Forward Forced Flow," 1978 Fall Meeting, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1978.

18.   "An Experimental Study of the Free Droplet Combustion of Hydrocarbon/Water Emulsions," 1978 Fall Meeting, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1978.

19.   "Flame Spread in a Forward Forced Flow," Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, November, 1978.

20.   "An Experimental Study of the Pathways of Heat Transfer in Horizontal Flame Spread," 1978 Eastern States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1978 (with S.R. Ray and I. Glassman).

21.   "Experimental Investigations of Flame Spread Over Condensed Combustibles: Gas Phase Interactions," Technical Report 1418, Princeton University, 1978 (with R.J. Santoro, F.L. Dryer, and I. Glassman).

22.   "Flame Spread in a Forward Forced Flow," Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, February, 1979.

23.   "Energy Transfer Mechanisms in Flame Propagation," University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, March, 1979.

24.   "Experimental Observations on the Disruptive Combustion of Free Droplets of Multicomponent Fuels," 1979 Spring Meeting, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1979 (with J.C. Lasheras and F.L. Dryer).

25.   "The Effect of Oxygen Concentration of Flame Spread in an Opposed Gas Flow," 1979 Spring Meeting, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1979 (with I. Glassman).

26.   "Flame Spread in Opposed Flow: Thermal and Kinetic Considerations," Third Annual Conference on Fire Research, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., August, 1979.

27.   "An Analysis of the Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Horizontal Flame Propagation," ASME-AIChE National Heat Transfer Conference, San Diego, CA, 1979 (with S.R. Ray and I. Glassman).

28.   "On the Disruptive Burning on Free Droplets of Alcohol/n-paraffin Mixtures on Emulsions," 1979 Fall Meeting, Eastern States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1979 (with J.C. Lasheras and F.L. Dryer).

29.   "Flame Propagation in Opposed Forced Flows," Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, November 1979.

30.   "The Combined Effects of Oxygen Concentration and Opposed Flow Velocities on Flame Spread Over Thin Fuels," 1979 Fall Meeting, Eastern States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1979 (with S.R. Ray and I. Glassman).

31.   "Fundamental Combustion Studies of Emulsified Fuels," Technical Report 1453. Princeton University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1979.

32.   "Combustion of Solid and Liquid Fuels," A week-long series of seminars given at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (U.N.A.M.), Mexico City, Mexico, March 1980.

33.   "Flame Spread in an Opposed Flow:  Effect of Oxygen Concentration and Gas Velocity,"  University of California, Berkeley, CA, May, 1980.

34.   "Free-Convective Burning of a Fuel Droplet," National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., September, 1980.

35.   "A Theory for the Free-Convective Burning of a Condensed Fuel Particle," 1980 Fall Meeting, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1980 (with C.K. Law).

36.   "A Boundary Layer Analysis of a Free-Burning Horizontal Fuel Surface," 1980 Fall Meeting, Eastern States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1980 (with C.-H. Mao).

37.   "A Theory for the Free-Convective Burning of a Condensed Fuel Particle," University of California, Berkeley, CA, November, 1980.

38.   "Combustion and Extinction of a Condensed Fuel Particle in a Highly Buoyant Environment," Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, December, 1980.

39.   "A Unified Criterion for the Convective Extinction of Fuel Particles," AIAA 16th Thermophysics Conference, Palo Alto, CA, June 1981 (with X. Wu and C.K. Law).

40.   "Fluid Mechanical Structure of a Premixed Flame in a Flat Plate Boundary Layer Flow," First Specialists Meeting (International) of the Combustion Institute, University of Bourdeaux, France, July 1981.

41.   "A Unified Analysis of Concurrent Modes of Flame Spread," 20th ASME/AIChE National Heat Transfer Conference, Milwaukee, WI, August 1981 (with C.P. Mao).

42.   "Thermal Ignition in a Strong Catalytic Flat Plate Boundary Layer for High Gas Phase Activation Energy," 8th International Colloquium on Gas-Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Minsk, U.S.S.R., August 1981 (with C. Trevino).

43.   "Fire Spread in Concurrent Flows," 1981 Annual Conference on Fire Research, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., August 19-21, 1981.

44.   "Influencia de la Localizacion de una Zona de Alta Temperatura de una Placa Plana sobre el Proceso de ignicion de Gases Premezclados," VII de la Academia Nacional de Ingenieria de Mexico, Oaxaca, Mexico, September 1981 (with C. Trevino).

45.   "Panel Discussion on Flame Spread," invited lecture at the 1981 Fall Technical Meeting, Eastern States Section/The Combustion Institute, October 1981.

46.   "Combustion of Condensed Fuels," a series of eight weekly seminars given at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, January-March, 1982.

47.   "Combustion Processes," a series of four seminars given at the Faculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Mexico (U.N.A.M.), Mexico City, Mexico, June 1982.

48.   "Flame Spread Along a Vertical Wall-Ceiling Surface," Workshop on Flame Spread, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., June 1982.

49.   "A Simplified Model of Radiating-Turbulent-Upward Flame Spread Over the Surface of a Charring Combustible," 1982 Fall Technical Meeting, Eastern States Section/The Combustion Institute, December 1982 (with J. Quintiere).

50.   "Flame Spread Over Condensed Fuels," Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Co., Tokyo, Japan, January 1983.

51.   "Micro-Explosive Combustion of Droplets of Emulsified and Multicomponent Fuels," Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Nara, Japan, January 1983.

52.   "Droplet Combustion of Multi-Component Fuels," Department of Energy Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan, January 1983.

53.   "Gas Phase Ignition by Catalytic Surfaces," Osaka Gas Co., Osaka, Japan, March 1983.

54.   "Mixed Convective Burning of a Vertical Fuel Surface," 1983 JSME/ASME Joint Thermal Engineering Conference, Honolulu, HI, March 1983 (with P.J. Pagni).

55.   "Controlling Mechanisms in the Combustion of Condensed Fuels," Instituto Politecnico Nacional, ESIME, Seccion de Graduados, Mexico, D.F., April 1983.

56.   "Steady Burning of Surfaces in an Enclosure," CIB Workshop on Modelling Pre-Flashover Fire, Boras, Sweden, May 16-17, 1983.

57.   "Flame Spread Mechanisms," Department of Reaction Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan, June 1983.

58.   "Convective Combustion of Fuel Droplets," Engineering Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, June 1983.

59.   "Mixed Convective Combustion of Condensed Fuels," Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, July 1983.

60.   "Micro-Explosive Combustion of Droplets of Fuel Emulsions and Mixtures," Research Institute, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Tokyo, Japan, August 1983.

61.   "Flame Spread Modeling," 1983 Annual Conference on Fire Research, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., August 1983.

62.   "Mixed Convective Droplet Combustion with Internal Circulation," 1984 Spring Technical Meeting, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, 1984 (with R.H. Rangel).

63.   "Convective Droplet Evaporation and Combustion with Internal Circulation," Stanford University, Stanford, CA, June 1984.

64.   "Ignition and Extinction of Condensed Fuels," University of California, Berkeley, CA, September, 1984.

65.   "Ebullicion en Pelicula en Conveccion Mixta sobre un Cilindro," X Congreso de la Academia Nacional de Ingenieria de Mexico, C.D. Obregon, Mexico, September 26-27, 1984.

66.   "Extinction of Diffusion Flames over Flat Combustible Surfaces," 1984 Technical Meeting, Eastern States Section/The Combustion Institute, December 1984.

67.   "Flame Spread over Liquid Fuels with Emphasis in Cryogenic Fuels," Combustion Research Workshop, Cairo University, Egypt, February 1985.

68.   "Ignition of Premixed Gases by Cylindrical Surfaces," Madrid University, Spain, March 1985.

69.   "Extinction of Diffusion Flames," University of California, Davis, CA, May 1985.

70.   "Extinction of a Diffusion Flame Established on a Flat Combustible Surface," 10th Annual Meeting of the Italian Section of the Combustion Institute, Anacapri, Italy, June 1985.