- Author
- Zarate, L. | Arnaldos, J. | Casal, J.
- Title
- Establishing Safety Distances for Wildland Fires.
- Coporate
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 43, No. 8, 565-575, November 2008
- Keywords
- wildland fires | fire safety | thermal radiation | evacuation | equations | mathematical models | heat flux | flame fronts | flame length | 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)