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Type: Conference Paper
Author(s): A. L. Berlad; Richard C. Rothermel; William H. Frandsen
Publication Date: 1971

An experimental and theoretical examination of the mass burning and evaporation-rate structure of a bed of fine solid-fuel elements is made for several cases of quasi-steady firespread waves propagating along and into the surface of the bed. Several distinct regimes are found to characterize the vaporization and degradation history of the fuel array. The extent of penetration of the propagating-flame phenomenon into the fuel array is found related to various thermophysical constants as well as the vaporization kinetic parameters which characterize the array and its elements.

Citation: Berlad, A. L., R. C. Rothermel, and W. H. Frandsen. 1971. The structure of some quasi-steady fire-spread waves, Thirteenth Symposium on Combustion. p. 927-933,

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Topics:
Fire Behavior    Fire Ecology    Fuels    Models
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • combustion
  • energy
  • fine fuels
  • fire regimes
  • fuel arrangement
  • fuel types
  • histories
  • laboratory fires
  • rate of spread
  • statistical analysis
  • temperature
  • wind
Tall Timbers Record Number: 8948Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Fire File DDWAbstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
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FRAMES Record Number: 34697

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