On the role of bulk properties and fuel species on the burning dynamics of pine forest litters

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1401-1414

  Simeoni, Albert ^a   Bartoli, Pauline ^b,c   Torero, José Luis ^b   Santoni, Paul Antoine ^c  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

Burning dynamics; Driving parameters; Heat release rate; Porous fuel; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; BULK PROPERTIES; COMBUSTION DYNAMICS; COMBUSTION EXPERIMENTS; DRIVING PARAMETERS; ENERGY CONSTANTS; FLOW CONDITION; FM GLOBAL; FORCED FLOWS; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST FUEL; FUEL SAMPLES; FUEL SPECIES; HEAT RELEASE RATES; MASS LOSS; MEAN VALUES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION CALORIMETRY; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PER UNIT; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PINE FOREST; PINE NEEDLE; PINUS LARICIO; PINUS PINASTER; SAMPLE HOLDERS; WILDFIRES; WILDLAND FIRE;

AIR; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMBUSTION; DYNAMICS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; FLOW RATE; FUELS; NEEDLES; VEHICLES;

FORESTRY;

AIR FLOW; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONVECTION; FOREST LITTER; FUELS; NEEDLES; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINASTER; VEHICLES;

EID: 84856680091     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.10-1401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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