- Author
- Hostikka, S. | Mangs, J. | Mikkola, E.
- Title
- Comparison of Two and Three Dimensional Simulations of Fires at Wildland Urban Interface.
- Coporate
- VTT-Technical Research Center of Finland, Espoo
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Ninth (9th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 21-26, 2008, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Karlsruhe, Germany, Karlsson, B., Editors, 1353-1364 p., 2008
- Keywords
- fire safety | fire science | fire models | wildland urban interface | simulation | computational fluid dyanmics | heat transfer | forest fires | scenarios | wind effects | heat release rate | wind speed | mass loss | flame fronts | sensitivity | heat flux | temperature fields | structures | human beings | costs
- Identifiers
- Large-Eddy Simulation (LES); wind induced flows; economical viewpoint; data on fire intensity; simulation of infinitely wide flame front; grid sensitivity; ray effect; radiation transport equation (RTE); simulation matrix of 2D vs. 3D comparisons; magnitudes of the slope for linear dependency between heat flux and fire line intensity; roof heat fluxes; surface fires; canopy fires; averaged differences (%) between the 2D and 3D heat fluxes