Effects of slope on fire spread observed through video images and multiple-point thermal measurements

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-111

  Silvani, Xavier ^a   Morandini, Frédéric ^a   Dupuy, Jean Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

Author keywords

Fire spread; Flame topology; Heat transfer; Slope effect

Indexed keywords

CONTACT SURFACE; FIRE DYNAMICS; FIRE EXPERIMENTS; FIRE SPREAD; FIRE WHIRL; FLAME FRONT; FLAME TILTS; FLAME TOPOLOGY; HOT GAS FLOW; RADIANT HEAT FLUXES; SLOPE EFFECT; STEEP SLOPE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL MEASUREMENTS; V-SHAPE; VIDEO IMAGE;

FLUID MECHANICS; FUELS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

FIRES;

EID: 84861481475     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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