- Author
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Kortas, S.
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Mindykowski, P.
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Copnsalvi, J. L.
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Mhiri, H.
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Porterie, B.
- Title
- Experimental Validation of a Numerical Model for the Transport of Firebrands.
- Coporate
- Université de Provence, 13453 Marseille Cedex 13, France
Unité de Thermique et Thermodynamique des Procédés Industriels, Avenue Ibn El Jazzar, 5019 Monastir, Tunisia
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 44,
No. 8,
1095-1102,
November 2009
- Keywords
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fire brands
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experiments
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validation
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combustion
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numerical models
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conservation
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kinetics
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equations
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combustion models
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velocity
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wind effects
- Identifiers
- Probability Density Functions (PDFs); transport and combustion of cylindrical and disk-shaped firebrands; conservation equations of brand mass, kinetic and angular momentum, and volume; fitting parameters of the baseline mass and spatial distributions; relationship between the initial velocity and the landing distance