Author

Kuwana A

Tokyo University of Science - Cited by 2,198 - Scale modeling - Combustion - Fire - Explosion

Biography

Kuwana A, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan. He  has published more than 30 articles, In the field of Environment, Geospatial Science, Natural Disasters,Earth Sciences, Geographic Information System. 
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Experimental study and analysis on the interaction between two slot-burner buoyant turbulent diffusion flames at various burner pitches
L Hu, L Huang, Q Wang, K KuwanaCombustion and Flame 186, 105-113, 2017201
42
2017
Temperature evolution and transition inside fire compartment with an opening subject to external sideward wind
X Sun, X Zhang, L Hu, K KuwanaProceedings of the Combustion Institute 37 (3), 3869-3877, 2019201
30
2019
Wrinkling of large-scale flame in lean propane–air mixture due to cellular instabilities
W Kim, T Endo, T Mogi, K Kuwana, R DobashiCombustion Science and Technology 1 (3), 491-503, 202
19
2019
Fire whirls behind an L-shaped wall in a crossflow
T Sasaki, M Igari, K KuwanaCombustion and Flame 197, 197-203, 202
18
2018
Opposed-flow flame spread in a narrow channel: Prediction of flame spread velocity
K Funashima, A Masuyama, K Kuwana, G KushidaProceedings of the Combustion Institute 37 (3), 3757-3765, 2019201
10
2019
Limit conditions of smoldering spread in counterflow configuration: Extinction and smoldering-to-flaming transition
O Kadowaki, M Suzuki, K Kuwana, Y Nakamura, G KushidaProceedings of the Combustion Institute 38 (3), 5005-5013, 2021202
9
2021
A simple and fast numerical method for solving flame/smoldering evolution equations
M Goto, K Kuwana, S YazakiJSIAM Letters 10, 49-52, 20120
8
2018
Experimental and theoretical study on near-floor flame spread along a thin solid
M Goto, K Kuwana, G Kushida, S YazakiProceedings of the Combustion Institute 3 (3), 383-391, 2019201
7
2019
Fire whirls: a combustion science perspective
K Kuwana, K Matsue, Y Fukumoto, R Dobashi, K SaitoCombustion Science and Technology, 1-18, 2022202
5
2022
Study on the flaming-transition behavior of a downwardly smoldering biomass stick utilizing low pressure
T Yamazaki, T Matsuoka, K Kuwana, Y NakamuraProceedings of the Combustion Institute 38 (3), 073-080, 2021202
5
2021
Scaling laws of flow structures around geometrically similar fire whirls
R Yamada, K KuwanaJournal of Thermal Science and Technology 1 (1), JTST0009-JTST0009, 2019201
4
2019
Generation of Fire Whirls over a Line Fire in a Crossflow: An Ex-perimental Study on the Role of Near-ground Flow
Y Iga, K KuwanaProceedings of the 27th ICDERS, Beijing, China 28, 2019201
4
2019
Numerical analysis of heat loss effects on the smoldering combustion of a thin solid in a narrow channel
H Iizuka, K Kuwana, G KushidaJournal of Chemical Engineering of Japan 50 (7), 535-541, 01701
2
2017
Fire whirls: why are they tall, and when do they occur?
K KuwanaJournal of the Combustion Society of Japan 61 (196), 101-111, 01901
2
2019
Large-scale fire whirl and forest fire disasters: Awareness, implications, and the need for developing preventative methods
A Darwish Ahmad, NK Akafuah, J Forthofer, M Fuchihata, T Hirasawa, ...Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering 9, 104554, 030
2
2023
Open-field scale-model experiments of fire whirls over L-shaped line fires
Y Iga, K Kuwana, K Sekimoto, Y NakamuraProgress in Scale Modeling, an International Journal (), 7, 010
2
2021
Quasi-steady characteristics of flowing propane/air mixture ignited by a heated surface
T Imamura, K Uehara, K Nakata, S Maruyama, K KuwanaFire Safety Journal 10, 10305, 010
2
2021
Research on risk of dust explosions in microgravity for lunar and planetary exploration
W KIM, R SAEKI, R DOBASHI, T ENDO, K KUWANA, T MOGI, M LEE, ...International Journal of Microgravity Science and Application 38 (), 38004, 010
2
2021
Fire-whirl movement along line fires–a separated-flow rotating-cylinder analogy
K Kuwana, K Saito, FA WilliamsCombustion Science and Technology 92 (7), 60-72, 2020202
1
2020
Cellular flame structures and thermal characteristics of axi-symmetric ceiling fires: An experimental study and scaling analysis
X Fang, L Hu, A Qiu, X Zhang, K KuwanaCombustion and Flame 230, 442, 20220
1
2021

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