On the wind advection influence on the fire spread across a fuel bed: Modelling by a semi-physical approach and testing with experiments

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 491-513

  Simeoni, A ^a   Santoni, P A ^a   Larini, M ^b   Balbi, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Advection influence; Fire spread; Multiphase model; Semi physical model

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS;

FUEL BEDS; WIND ADVECTION;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 0035400649     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(00)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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