Radiant, convective and heat release characterization of vegetation fire

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-91

  Morandini, Frédéric ^a   Perez Ramirez, Yolanda ^a   Tihay, Virginie ^a   Santoni, Paul Antoine ^a   Barboni, Toussaint ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

Byram's intensity; fluxes Radiant and convective fractions; Heat release rate; Mass loss rate Heat

Indexed keywords

BYRAM'S INTENSITY; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; EFFECTIVE HEAT OF COMBUSTION; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; MASS LOSS RATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION CALORIMETRY; RADIATION AND CONVECTION;

COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTS; FIRES; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FORESTRY; FUELS; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

HEAT CONVECTION;

COMBUSTION; FLAMMABILITY; FORESTRY; FUELS; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84877584309     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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