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Progress in Scale Modeling

Summary of the First International Symposium on Scale Modeling (ISSM I in 1988) and Selected Papers from Subsequent Symposia (ISSM II in 1997 through ISSM V in 2006)

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Editors:
  1. Kozo Saito

    1. Dept. Mechanical Engineering and Institute of Research for Technology Development, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

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  • There is no such book in English; the only one the editors are aware of is in Japanese
  • Interdisciplinary range
  • Papers from the only society devoted to the topic
  • The book is a selection of seminal papers given at meetings of the International Society for Scale Modeling (ISSM). The Society, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary in 2008, is interdisciplinary, attracting members from a broad range of scientific and engineering disciplines. The ISSM is unique in being the only society devoted to the subject of scale modeling.

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Table of contents (39 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XLVIII
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  2. Fire & Explosion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
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    2. A Reduced Scale-Modeling Study on Wind and Smoke Interaction at a Refuge Floor in a High-Rise Building

      • Richard K.K. Yuen, S.M. Lo, Charles C.K. Cheng
      Pages 5-16

    3. Flame Spread over Polymer-Insulated Wire in Sub-Atmospheric Pressure: Similarity to Microgravity Phenomena

      • Yuji Nakamura, Nobuko Yoshimura, Tomohiro Matsumura, Hiroyuki Ito, Osamu Fujita
      Pages 17-27

    4. Mechanistic Aspects of the Scaling of Fires and Explosions

      • Forman A. Williams
      Pages 29-37

    5. Modeling and Scaling Laws for Large Fires

      • Howard R. Baum
      Pages 39-60

    6. Modeling of Gas Explosion Phenomena

      • Toshisuke Hirano
      Pages 61-73

    7. Period for Spontaneous Ignition of a Refuse Derived Fuel Pile

      • Lijing Gao, Toshisuke Hirano
      Pages 75-83

    8. Pressure Scaling of Fire Dynamics

      • Richard C. Corlett, Anay Luketa-Hanlin
      Pages 85-97

    9. Scale Effects on Flame Structure in Medium-Size Pool Fires

      • Akihiko Ito, Tadashi Konishi, Kozo Saito
      Pages 99-107

    10. Scale Model Reconstruction of Fire in an Atrium

      • James G. Quintiere, Michael E. Dillon
      Pages 109-120

    11. Scale Modeling of Quasi-Steady Wood Crib Fires in Enclosures

      • Paul A. Croce, Yibing Xin
      Pages 121-132

    12. Scale Modeling of Puffing Frequencies in Pool Fires Related with Froude Number

      • Hiroyuki Sato, Kenji Amagai, Masataka Arai
      Pages 133-147

    13. Scaling Sub-Surface Layer Circulation Induced by Pulsating Flame Spread over Liquid Fuels

      • Kozue Takahashi, Akihiko Ito, Yuji Kudo, Tadashi Konishi, Kozo Saito
      Pages 149-162

  3. Combustion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-167
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    2. Microgravity Droplet Combustion: An Inverse Scale Modeling Problem

      • Vedha Nayagam, Anthony J. Marchese, Kurt R. Sacksteder
      Pages 169-178

    3. Modeling of Combustion Phenomena

      • Forman A. Williams
      Pages 179-195

    4. Molecular Diffusion Time and Mass Consumption Rate in Flames

      • Tadao Takeno, K.N.C. Bray
      Pages 197-202

    5. Nitric-Oxide Emissions Scaling of Buoyancy-Dominated Oxygen-Enriched Methane Turbulent-Jet Diffusion Flames

      • L.T. Yap, M. Pourkashanian, L. Howard, A. Williams, R.A. Yetter
      Pages 203-209

    6. Numerical Simulations of Methane Diffusion Flame with Burner Rotation

      • Keng Hoo Chuah, Hiroshi Gotoda, Genichiro Kushida
      Pages 211-222
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About this book

Scale modeling can play an important role in R&D. When engineers receive some ideas in new product development, they can test how the new design looks by bui- ing scale models and they can get an actual feeling with the prototype through their imagination. Professor Emori often said: “When children play with a toy airplane, their mind is wondering about the prototype airplane which they haven’t ridden. ” Children can use the scale model airplane as a means to enter into an imagi- tive world of wonder by testing in their own way how the actual airplane might function, how the actual airplane can maneuver aerodynamically, what might be the actual sound of a jet engine, how to safely land the actual airplane, and so on. This imagination that scale models can provide for children will help them later develop professional intuition. Physical scale models can never be entirely succe- fully replaced by computer screens where virtual models are displayed and fancy functions are demonstrated. Not only children but also adults can learn things by actually touching things only offered by physical models, helping all of us develop imagination and feeling eventually leading toward Kufu. Einstein’s famous “thought experiments [11],” which helped him to restructure modern physics may possibly and effectively be taught by letting researchers play with scale models!? References 1. I. Emori, K. Saito, and K. Sekimoto, Mokei Jikken no Riron to Ouyou (Scale Models in Engineering: Its Theory and Application), Gihodo, Tokyo, Third Edition, 2000.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Mechanical Engineering and Institute of Research for Technology Development, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

    Kozo Saito

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Progress in Scale Modeling

  • Book Subtitle: Summary of the First International Symposium on Scale Modeling (ISSM I in 1988) and Selected Papers from Subsequent Symposia (ISSM II in 1997 through ISSM V in 2006)

  • Editors: Kozo Saito

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8682-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8681-6Published: 27 August 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7951-0Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8682-3Published: 20 August 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLVIII, 508

  • Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering, general, Energy Systems, Environment, general, Energy Policy, Economics and Management

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