Wildland fire dynamics : fire effects and behavior from a fluid dynamics perspective / edited by Kevin Speer, Scott Goodrick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Speer, Kevin G. (Kevin George), editor.

Goodrick, Scott L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildfires--Mathematical models.

Wildfires.

Wildfires--Data processing.

Computational fluid dynamics.

Biomass--Combustion.

Biomass.

Analytical chemistry--Quantitative.

Analytical chemistry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Wildland fires are among the most complicated environmental phenomena to model. Fire behavior models are commonly used to predict the direction and rate of spread of wildland fires based on fire history, fuel, and environmental conditions; however, more sophisticated computational fluid dynamic models are now being developed. This quantitative analysis of fire as a fluid dynamic phenomenon embedded in a highly turbulent flow is beginning to reveal the combined interactions of the vegetative structure, combustion-driven convective effects, and atmospheric boundary layer processes. This book provides an overview of the developments in modeling wildland fire dynamics and the key dynamical processes involved. Mathematical and dynamical principles are presented, and the complex phenomena that arise in wildland fire are discussed. Providing a state-of-the-art survey, it is a useful reference for scientists, researchers, and graduate students interested in wildland fire behavior from a broad range of fields.

Contents:

Wildland fire combustion dynamics : the intersection of combustion chemistry and fluid dynamics / Andrew L. Sullivan

The structure of line fires at flame scale / Salman Verma, Mohamed Ahmed and Arnaud Trouve

Energy transport and measurements in wildland and prescribed fires / Bret W. Butler, Joseph J. O'Brien

Fire line geometry and pyroconvective dynamics / Sharples, R.L. Badlan and C.M. Thomas

Firebrands / Ali Tohidi, Nigel Berkeley Kaye

Re-envisioning fire and vegetation feedbacks / Eric Rowell, Susan Prichard and Timothy M Shearman

Wind and canopies / François Pimont, Jean-François Pimont, Jean-Luc

Coupled fire-atmosphere model evaluation and challenges / Janice Coen, Miguel Cruz and Daniel Rosales Cruz and Daniel Rosales-Giron.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781108683241 (ebook)

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