Yang, J.
(2018),
On Correlating Mixed Forest Fuel Bed Fire Spread Data, 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, Taipei, TW, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=924873
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On Correlating Mixed Forest Fuel Bed Fire Spread Data
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Mixing rules are proposed and used to correlate mixed forest fuel bed fire spread data from the literature using the dimensionless correlations previously developed for single-species forest fuel bed fire spread with the help of dimensional analysis and the resulting dimensionless groups. The mixing rules provide means to treat mixed fuels as pseudo single-species fuels. Given the uncertainties associated with some of the parameters used to estimate the dimensionless groups, the dimensionless correlations correlate the fire spread rates for mixed fuels reasonably well under wind and no-wind conditions. With proper mixing rules to estimate the dimensionless groups, the correlations for the single species fuel spread could be directly applicable to mixed fuel spread.Proceedings Title
11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology
Conference Dates
October 21-25, 2018
Conference Location
Taipei, TW
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dimensional analysis, fire spread, forest fuels, wildfires
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Created October 28, 2018, Updated September 29, 2025