- Author
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Williams, D. W.
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Adams, J. S.
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Batten, J. J.
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Whitty, G. F.
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Richardson, G. T.
- Title
- Operation Euroka: An Australian Mass Fire Experiment.
- Coporate
- Australian Defence Scientific Service, Maribyrnong, Australia
- Report
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Report 386
September 1970
64 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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mass fires
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fire storms
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euroka fire
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experiments
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energy release rate
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wind velocity
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burning rate
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thermal radiation
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temperature measurements
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exposure
- Abstract
- Operation Euroka, a mass fire-firestorm experiment, involved the simultaneous ignition of 6.1 x 10⁶ kg (6000 tons) of wood fuel, primarily brigalow (Acacia harpophylla), which was arrangedin 30 windows spaced at 15.2 metre (50 ft.) intervals over an area of 2.1 x 10⁵ m² (51.6 acres). This experiment was carried out at Langley, Queensland, on 23rd October 1969. Several other Commonwealth establishments co-operated with the Department of Supply - the Forest Research Institute, the Bureau of Meteorology and the A.P.O. Research Laboratories (P.M.G.).