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A review of the literature on mathematical description of combustion of intumescent polymer systems is given. Basic approaches to the modeling of combustion of intumescent systems are considered.
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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 48–67, November–December, 1997.
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Reshetnikov, I.S., Antonov, A.V. & Khalturinskii, N.A. Mathematical description of combustion of intumescent polymer systems. Combust Explos Shock Waves 33, 669–684 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02671799
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