Modelling of the deposition of retardant in a tree crown during fire fighting

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1654-1666

  Calogine, D ^a   Rimbert, N ^a   Sero Guillaume O ^a  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Fractal; Mathematical modelling; Retention of liquid; V.O.F. method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; FRACTALS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AERIAL DROPPING; V.O.F. METHOD;

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 34250737350     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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