- Author
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Andre, J. C. S.
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Urbano, J. M.
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Viegas, D. X.
- Title
- Forest Fire Spread Models: The Local Quasi-Equilibrium Approach.
- Coporate
- Coimbra Univ., Portugal
- Journal
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Combustion Science and Technology,
Vol. 178,
No. 12,
2115-2143,
December 2006
- Book or Conf
- Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Twentieth (20th) International Colloquium. Proceedings. July 31-August 5, 2005,
Montreal, Canada,
Sirignano, W. A.; Williams, F. A., Editors,
2006
- Keywords
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forest fires
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fire spread
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fire behavior
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fire fronts
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formulations
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equations
- Identifiers
- model the movement and shape of forest fire fronts; fire front spread models; Fermat principle (M1); Huygen's principle (M2); local quasi-equilibrium; normal fire rate of spread; space-time average description; point-ignited fire front in homogeneous and permanent conditions; concept of normal fire rate of spread (M3); synopsis of global models allowed by the local quasi-equilibrium hypothesis