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Citation

Dupuy JL, Maréchal J, Portier D, Valette JC. Int. J. Wildland Fire 2011; 20(2): 272-288.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, International Association of Wildland Fire, Fire Research Institute, Publisher CSIRO Publishing)

DOI

10.1071/WF09075

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A set of 109 laboratory fires in Pinus halepensis fuel beds (1 kg m-2) was used to test the effects of slope (0°, 10°, 20°, 30°) and fuel bed width (1, 2, 3 m) on fire behaviour variables such as rate of spread, fuel consumption, flame residence time, temperatures and flame geometry. The qualitative behaviour of the fires is also reported. The 20° and 30° upslope fires are pointed in shape and fire whirls moving along the fire flanks in the direction of the fire head are systematically observed in 30° upslope fires. Flame residence time increases with increasing slope angle, and both slope angle and fuel bed width affect rate of spread. The slope effects observed in 10° and 20° slope angles and in the narrowest fuel beds (1 and 2 m) are similar to those predicted by operational models. However, the observed slope effect at the 30° slope angle is underestimated by these models, in particular in 3 m-wide fuel beds. Flame temperatures correlate closely with dimensionless height and flame lengths correlate closely with fire line intensity. Mechanisms that could explain the different effects observed are suggested and discussed.


Language: en

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