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Numerical simulation of forest fires
Author(s) -
Richards Gwynfor D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/nme.1620250222
Subject(s) - computer simulation , work (physics) , wind speed , meteorology , environmental science , simple (philosophy) , constant (computer programming) , mechanics , computer science , engineering , simulation , geography , physics , mechanical engineering , epistemology , programming language , philosophy
This paper reviews the work done to date on the numerical simulation of forest fires. A general model to predict forest fire spread under different conditions is presented and studied. The model is based on n th order reaction theory, and is sufficiently simple and flexible to conveniently deal with variations in wind velocity, forest properties, fire breaks and other phenomena of interest to the fire controller. The effects of changing various parameters in the equations are illustratd. Results for zero and constant wind velocity are given, together with the effect of abrupt wind changes and fire breaks.