Establishing safety distances for wildland fires

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 565-575

  Zárate, Luis ^a   Arnaldos, Josep ^a   Casal, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flames; Safety distance; Thermal radiation; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

FIRES;

FIRE SAFETY; FLAME; FLAME FRONT; FLAME HEIGHT; FUEL TYPES; SAFETY DISTANCES; SAFETY ZONE; SOLID FLAME MODELS; VIEW FACTOR; WILDLAND FIRE;

HEAT RADIATION;

EID: 52949108829     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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