- Author
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Zarate, L.
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Arnaldos, J.
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Casal, J.
- Title
- Establishing Safety Distances for Wildland Fires.
- Coporate
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 43,
No. 8,
565-575,
November 2008
- Keywords
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wildland fires
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fire safety
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thermal radiation
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evacuation
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equations
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mathematical models
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heat flux
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flame fronts
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flame length
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flame height
- Identifiers
- safety distances; equations for the calculation of the view factor; values of flame length and height for the 13 fuel types used by Nexus; agreement of analyzed models with Butler and Cohen data; agreement of analyzed models with Knight and Sullivan data; consequences of diverse thermal fluxes and thermal radiation threshold values; safety distances for persons and houses (surface fires); safety distances for persons and houses (crown fires)