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4 - Low-Gravity Flames
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 June 2020
Summary
Our perception of a flame is strongly grounded in gravity’s influence. From our every interaction with fire from the first birthday candles we blew out, we each build an intuitive understanding of how a flame interacts with the hot air rising via buoyant convection. As researchers, our perceptions of how flames respond to our controls are unconsciously biased by this intrinsic buoyant flow.
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- A Gallery of Combustion and Fire , pp. 74 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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