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Published in: Fire Technology 2/2011

01-04-2011

Effect of Wind and Slope When Scaling the Forest Fires Rate of Spread of Laboratory Experiments

Authors: Yolanda Pérez, Elsa Pastor, Alba Àgueda, Eulalia Planas

Published in: Fire Technology | Issue 2/2011

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Abstract

This paper uses the scaling laws obtained from a Froude Modeling perspective to analyze the variations experienced in the rate of spread of wind-aided and up-slope laboratory fires when changing the size of a scale model. The results have shown that the rate of spread scaling law is no longer verified when working at laboratory scale in steep slopes and high wind speed conditions. The paper also provides a framework for scaling and scale issues in forest fire research.
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Metadata
Title
Effect of Wind and Slope When Scaling the Forest Fires Rate of Spread of Laboratory Experiments
Authors
Yolanda Pérez
Elsa Pastor
Alba Àgueda
Eulalia Planas
Publication date
01-04-2011
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Fire Technology / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0015-2684
Electronic ISSN: 1572-8099
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-010-0168-7

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