Slope effect on laboratory fire spread: Contribution of radiation and convection to fuel bed preheating

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-307

  Dupuy, J L ^a   Marechal J ^a  

^a French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

Author keywords

fuel bed temperature; heat balance; radiant heat flux

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953284467     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09076     Document Type: Article

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