Heat transfer through thin fibrous materials and ignition, combustion studies

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Unfortunately every year several workers and fire fighters are killed or severely burned in industrial accidents involving fires and explosions.  Personal protective clothing is the last line of defense in protecting people in these situations.  This research is focused on experimental and theorectical methods of evaluating fabrics and full garments for use against these hazards.  Improvements in automobile and truck engine efficiency are possible through reducing losses incurred during the burning of the fuels.  The planned research is to perform experiments in a combustion cell that has an engine like environment and use the results to formulate heat transfer models that would be suitable for use in engine design.The two investigations are related in that they both involve heat transfer from flames to and through surfaces, some porous others solid.