scholarly journals Proposal for Theoretical Improvement of Semi-Physical Forest Fire Spread Models Thanks to a Multiphase Approach: Application to a Fire Spread Model Across a Fuel Bed

2001 ◽  
Vol 162 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALBERT SIMEONI ◽  
PAUL-ANTOINE SANTONI ◽  
MICHEL LARINI ◽  
JACQUES-HENRI BALBI
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Fire Spread ◽  
Spread Model ◽  
Fire Spread Model

Forest fire spread model based on the grey system theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 3602-3614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chundong Lv ◽  
Jia Wang ◽  
Fanfei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
System Theory ◽  
Forest Fire ◽  
Fire Spread ◽  
Grey System Theory ◽  
Grey System ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Spread Model ◽  
Fire Spread Model

Existence of solution of a forest fire spread model

2018 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 227-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Fečkan ◽  
Július Pačuta
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Fire Spread ◽  
Existence Of Solution ◽  
Spread Model ◽  
Fire Spread Model

Modeling and Estimating Post-Earthquake Fire Spread

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 795-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Thomas ◽  
David Heron ◽  
Jim Cousins ◽  
Mairéad de Róiste
Keyword(s):  
Fire Spread ◽  
Spontaneous Ignition ◽  
Broken Windows ◽  
Conditional Probabilities ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Spread Model ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Piloted Ignition ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Fire Spread Model

This paper describes the development of a GIS-based dynamic fire-spread model, with seven distinct modes of fire spread: direct contact, spontaneous ignition of claddings, piloted ignition of claddings, spontaneous ignition through windows, piloted ignition through broken windows, fire spread via non-fire-rated roofs and branding. All except the first two modes include in-built probabilities, but these can be selected individually and given user-defined values. Fire spread modes can be added to the model or altered to suit available building information. Critical details of buildings are obtained from an existing-buildings database, street surveys, or deduced using conditional probabilities from available data. Results show that comparison with actual fires is reasonable. The model could be extended with further development for use as a real time firefighting tool.

scholarly journals Coupled atmosphere-wildland fire modeling with WRF-Fire version 3.3

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 497-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mandel ◽  
J. D. Beezley ◽  
A. K. Kochanski
Keyword(s):  
Level Set Method ◽  
Level Set ◽  
Wildland Fire ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Numerical Algorithms ◽  
Fire Spread ◽  
Weather Research And Forecasting ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Spread Model ◽  
Fire Spread Model

Abstract. We describe the physical model, numerical algorithms, and software structure of WRF-Fire. WRF-Fire consists of a fire-spread model, implemented by the level-set method, coupled with the Weather Research and Forecasting model. In every time step, the fire model inputs the surface wind, which drives the fire, and outputs the heat flux from the fire into the atmosphere, which in turn influences the atmosphere. The level-set method allows submesh representation of the burning region and flexible implementation of various kinds of ignition. WRF-Fire is distributed as a part of WRF and it uses the WRF parallel infrastructure for parallel computing.

Fire behaviour in wheat crops – effect of fuel structure on rate of fire spread

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel G. Cruz ◽  
Richard J. Hurley ◽  
Rachel Bessell ◽  
Andrew L. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Fire Spread ◽  
Propagation Rate ◽  
Forward Rate ◽  
Fire Behaviour ◽  
Natural Grass ◽  
Spread Model ◽  
Crop Condition ◽  
Fire Spread Model

A field-based experimental study was conducted in 50×50m square plots to investigate the behaviour of free-spreading fires in wheat to quantify the effect of crop condition (i.e. harvested, unharvested and harvested and baled) on the propagation rate of fires and their associated flame characteristics, and to evaluate the adequacy of existing operational prediction models used in these fuel types. The dataset of 45 fires ranged from 2.4 to 10.2kmh−1 in their forward rate of fire spread and 3860 and 28000 kWm−1 in fireline intensity. Rate of fire spread and flame heights differed significantly between crop conditions, with the unharvested condition yielding the fastest spreading fires and tallest flames and the baled condition having the slowest moving fires and lowest flames. Rate of fire spread in the three crop conditions corresponded directly with the outputs from the models of Cheney et al. (1998) for grass fires: unharvested wheat → natural grass; harvested wheat (~0.3m tall stubble) → grazed or cut grass; and baled wheat (<0.1m tall stubble) → eaten-out grass. These models produced mean absolute percent errors between 21% and 25% with reduced bias, a result on par with the most accurate published fire spread model evaluations.

FIRE SPREAD MODEL FOR A LINEAR FRONT IN A HORIZONTAL SOLID POROUS FUEL BED IN STILL AIR

2004 ◽  
Vol 176 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. C. VAZ ◽  
J. C. S. ANDRÉ ◽  
D. X. VIEGAS
Keyword(s):  
Fire Spread ◽  
Spread Model ◽  
Fire Spread Model
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