Citation

Viegas DX, Almeida M, Miranda AI, Ribeiro LM. Int. J. Wildland Fire 2010; 19(5): 531-540.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, International Association of Wildland Fire, Fire Research Institute, Publisher CSIRO Publishing)

DOI

10.1071/WF09007

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A linearised model to estimate the properties of composite fuel beds based on the mass fraction of each fuel component is proposed. Laboratory experiments to determine combustibility properties of fuel beds composed of two, three and four components were performed under no-slope and no-wind conditions. Results of the rate of spread and mass loss rate compared favourably with model predictions. Results from tests with wind-induced fire fronts were also compared with the present model. The linear model provides a simple method to estimate of the rate of spread of composite fuels.

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