Mathematical model for spread of crown fires in homogeneous forests and along openings

Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 622-632

  Grishin, A M ^a   Shipulina, O V ^a  

^a TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Crown forest fire front; Front precursors; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PYROLYSIS;

CROWN FIRES;

FIRES;

EID: 0036441089     PISSN: 00105082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021127924913     Document Type: Article

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