A Gallery of Combustion and Fire

by Charles E. Baukal, Jr., Ajay K. Agarwal (Editor), Sandra Olson (Editor), Michael J. Gollner (Editor), Timothy J. Jacobs (Editor)

Overview

A Gallery of Combustion and Fire is the first book to provide a graphical perspective of the extremely visual phenomenon of combustion in full color. It is designed primarily to be used in parallel with, and supplement existing combustion textbooks that are usually in black and white, making it a challenge to visualize such a graphic phenomenon. Each image includes a description of how it was generated, which is detailed enough for the expert but simple enough for the novice. Processes range from small scale academic flames up to full scale industrial flames under a wide range of conditions such as low and normal gravity, atmospheric to high pressures, actual and simulated flames, and controlled and uncontrolled flames. Containing over 500 color images, with over 230 contributors from over 75 organizations, this volume is a valuable asset for experts and novices alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107154971
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/03/2020
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	8.46(w) x 11.93(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Charles E. Baukal, Jr is currently a Director at the John Zink Institute, a training and educational company for combustion engineers and researchers, and an Executive Officer with the Combustion Institute and the Program Chair for the American Society of Engineering Educators.

Ajay K. Agrawal is the Robert F. Barfield Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama.

Sandra Olson is from the NASA Glenn Research Center and has served as PI, Co-I, and Project Scientist on numerous flight experiments and ground-based studies.

Michael Gollner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Timothy Jacobs is a Professor of and the Steve Brauer, Jr '02 Faculty Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Mark Vaccari is a Development Engineer at John Zink Hamworthy Combustion and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Oklahoma.

Table of Contents

1. Fundamentals introduction; 2. CFD introduction; 3. IC Engines introduction; 4. Low gravity introduction; 5. Introduction; 6. Fire introduction.

Editorial Reviews

'This is an excellent and impressive collection of color photographs depicting combustion processes in various types of flames, fires and practical devices, and is intended to complement the resources in literature. The gallery is valuable to enthuse students and new researchers to combustion field, as well as to serve as pictorial diagnostics for experienced investigators. This book fills a long-standing void in combustion literature.' Subramanyam Gollahalli, University of Oklahoma

‘A Gallery of Combustion and Fire is the culmination of over a decade of efforts by the authors to collect and curate a voluminous selection of the most beautiful and captivating images of combustion in its many forms. The material presented in this book is both insightful and visually inspiring to the researcher and to the layperson alike. I enjoyed this book tremendously and congratulate the authors on a job well done.’ Nick Glumac, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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