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Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres: 13th VolumeAvailable to Purchase
By
Samuel Edgar Davis,
Samuel Edgar Davis
Symposium Co-Chairperson and STP Editor
1
NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
, Huntsville, AL,
US
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Theodore A. Steinberg
Theodore A. Steinberg
Symposium Co-Chairperson and STP Editor
2
Queensland University of Technology
, AU
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ISBN:
978-0-8031-7547-1
No. of Pages:
320
Publisher:
ASTM International
Publication date:
2012
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Flow Friction or Spontaneous Ignition? Available to Purchase
By
Joel M. Stoltzfus
,
Joel M. Stoltzfus
1
Project Manager
, Materials and Components Laboratories Office, NASA Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility
, Las Cruces, NM, 88004,
US
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Timothy D. Gallus
,
Timothy D. Gallus
2
Engineer
, NASA Test and Evaluation Contract, NASA Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility
, Las Cruces, NM,
US
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Kyle Sparks
Kyle Sparks
3
Engineer
, NASA Test and Evaluation Contract, NASA Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility
, Las Cruces, NM,
US
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19
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Published:2012
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Stoltzfus, JM, Gallus, TD, & Sparks, K. "Flow Friction or Spontaneous Ignition?." Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres: 13th Volume. Ed. Davis, SE, & Steinberg, TA. 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959 : ASTM International, 2012.
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“Flow friction,” a proposed ignition mechanism in oxygen systems, has proved elusive in attempts at experimental verification. In this paper, the literature regarding flow friction is reviewed and the experimental verification attempts are briefly discussed. Another ignition mechanism, a form of spontaneous combustion, is proposed as an explanation for at least some of the fire events that have been attributed to flow friction in the literature. In addition, the results of a failure analysis performed at NASA Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility are presented, and the observations indicate that spontaneous combustion was the most likely cause of the fire in this 2000 psig (14 MPa) oxygen-enriched system.
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