Date of Award
2009
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
The combination of highly turbulent airflow, flammable fluids, and numerous ignition sources makes aircraft engine nacelles a difficult fire zone to protect. Better understanding of nacelle air flow and how it influences the spread of fires and fire extinguishing agents is needed to improve the efficiency of fire suppression. The first objective was to establish a CFD model for a flow field test section to analyze the transport and dispersion of fire extinguishing agents in the presence of various clutter elements. To validate the use of the CFD model, the simulation results of the CFD model were compared to the experimental data and they show an agreement with the experimental data. The second objective was to present parametric studies to show the effects of the coflow speed, turbulence intensity and agent droplet size on the transport and dispersion of the agent particles downstream from the clutter elements.
Extent
x, 72 p. : ill. (some col.).
Recommended Citation
Zbeeb, Khaled., "Transport and dispersion of fire extinguishing agents downstream from clutter elements of aircraft engine nacelles" (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 1801.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/1801
Identifier
FADT186687
Comments
by Khaled Zbeeb.|Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009.|Includes bibliography.|Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.|by Khaled Zbeeb.