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Author
Lommasson, T. E. | Keller, J. A. | Kirkpatrick, R. G.
Title
Firestorm Analysis.
Coporate
Dikewood Corp., Albuquerque, NM
Sponsor
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC
Report
DC-TN-2046-1, February 1, 1967, 120 p.
Keywords
fire storms | mass fires | fuel beds | fire spread
Abstract
The following general objectives were specified for this study: [a] Compute the radial inrush wind (vs) associated with a mass fire as a function of time and various fuel bed parameters; [b] Investigate the sensitivity of vw to variations in certain of the fuel bed parameters; and, [c] Conduct an analytical study of the case in which fire spread is accelerated by wind and/or flame interaction until coalescence.