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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)