An analytical model based on radiative heating for the determination of safety distances for wildland fires

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 520-527

  Rossi, J L ^a   Simeoni, A ^b   Moretti, B ^a   Leroy Cancellieri, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptable Safety Distance; Flame front length; Radiative impact; Solid flame approximation; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; GEOMETRY; HEAT RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACCEPTABLE SAFETY DISTANCE; FLAME FRONT; FLAME LENGTH; FLAME-FRONT LENGTH; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; SAFETY DISTANCES; SOLID FLAMES; SOLID-FLAME APPROXIMATION; WILDFIRE;

FIRES;

EID: 80053939180     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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