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Author
Porterie, B. | Consalvi, J. L. | Loraud, J. C. | Giroud, F. | Picard, C.
Title
Dynamics of Wildland Fires and Their Impact on Structures.
Coporate
Université de Provence, 13453 Marseille cedex 13, France CEREN, Sécurité Civile, Valabre, 13120 Gardanne, France
Journal
Combustion and Flame, Vol. 149, No. 3, 314-328, May 2007
Keywords
wildland fires | impact | structures | wildland urban interface | fire behavior | fire models | fire spread | equations | fuel beds | exposure | experiments | combustion models | flow fields | prescribed burning | wind tunnels | structural elements
Identifiers
physics-based model; fire-exposed structure; summary of the key equations expressed in the generic form; fuel bed properties and thermokinetic constants; average rates of spread along the lines of the flare device; meteorological and fuel data