- Author
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Morandini, F.
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Simeoni, A.
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Santoni, P. A.
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Balbi, J. H.
- Title
- Model for the Spread of Fire Across a Fuel Bed Incorporating the Effects of Wind and Slope.
- Coporate
- Université de Corse, Systèmes Physiques pour l'Environnement, Corte, France
- Journal
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Combustion Science and Technology,
Vol. 177,
No. 7,
1381-1418,
July 2005
- Keywords
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fuel beds
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fire spread
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wind effects
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infrared camera
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thermocouples
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heat flux
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sensors
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experiments
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heat transfer
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equations
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temperature
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velocity
- Identifiers
- thermal balance; laboratory-scale fire; wind and slope effects; horizontal fire spread in air; wind blown fire spread across a sloping surface; sensibility of the heat flux sensors; model parameters for a bed of Pinus pinaster needles (fuel load of 0.5 kg · m-2; horizontal fire spread in still air; empirical coefficient for McCaffrey correlation s