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Publication Date: 1966
Field studies of spread of fire in beds of Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine slash showed faster spread where fuel loading was heaviest. Air velocity influenced rate of spread more than loading; the relation between these two factors was an exponential function. Fire intensities were correlated by relating flame length to the B.t.u./min./unit length of fireline front. Additional results reflect analyses of fuel bed characteristics, buoyant diffusion flame characteristics, and convection column velocities.
Citation: Anderson, H. E., A. P. Brackebusch, R. W. Mutch, and R. C. Rothermel. 1966. Mechanisms of fire spread research progress report no. 2. Research Paper INT-28. Ogden, UT, USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station.
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Keywords:
- coniferous forests
- convection
- field experimental fires
- fine fuels
- fire intensity
- fire management
- flame length
- forest management
- fuel loading
- fuel moisture
- fuel types
- heat
- Idaho
- laboratory fires
- needles
- pine forests
- Pinus contorta
- Pinus monticola
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- rate of spread
- slash
- statistical analysis
- temperature
- wind
Tall Timbers Record Number: 7235 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.78:INT-28 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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