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3 - Energy Transport and Measurements in Wildland and Prescribed Fires

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2022

Kevin Speer
Affiliation:
Florida State University
Scott Goodrick
Affiliation:
US Forest Service
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Summary

This chapter describes the fundamental mechanisms of energy transport in and near the flaming front. Convective and radiative processes that generate ignition and subsequent fire spread, the transport of heat in different forms, through and around fuels, both horizontally and vertically, as well as energy measurement considerations are discussed.

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Wildland Fire Dynamics
Fire Effects and Behavior from a Fluid Dynamics Perspective
, pp. 63 - 76
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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