On the trajectories of embers initially elevated or lofted by small scale ground fire plumes in high winds

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 349-363

  Anthenien, Ralph A ^a   Tse, Stephen D ^b   Carlos Fernandez Pello, A ^c  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ember; Fire; Firebrand; Lofting; Plume; Trajectory; Wind

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FIRES; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL PLUMES; TRAJECTORIES; WIND;

BURNING TEMPERATURES; EMBER; FIREBRAND; LOFTING; WILDFIRES;

FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33747168279     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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