Fire spread experiment across Mediterranean shrub: Influence of wind on flame front properties

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-235

  Morandini, Frédéric ^a   Silvani, Xavier ^a   Rossi, Lucile ^a   Santoni, Paul Antoine ^a   Simeoni, Albert ^a   Balbi, Jacques Henri ^a   Louis Rossi, Jean ^a   Marcelli, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

Field scale; Fire experiment; Radiant heat flux; Shrub; Temperature; Wind

Indexed keywords

FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; HEAT FLUX; RADIANT HEATING; RADIATION EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND;

FIELD SCALES; FIRE EXPERIMENTS; RADIANT HEAT FLUX; SHRUBS; WIND-BLOWN CONDITIONS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 33646056359     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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