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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1999
This work considers wildfire growth over variable topography. Through an analysis of fire perimeter growth for homogeneous conditions over a surface of constant slope, a mathematical model of fire growth for heterogeneous conditions and variable surface is proposed. The mathematical model is in the form of a system of partial differential equations that require a numerical method of solution. A simple numerical solution technique is described and example solutions are given for fires over a variety of complex surfaces illustrating that simulation results can be obtained in reasonable time.
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Citation: Richards, Gwynfor D. 1999. The mathematical modelling and computer simulation of wildland fire perimeter growth over a 3-dimensional surface. International Journal of Wildland Fire 9(3):213-221.
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- computer simulation
- fire spread
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