Savannah Wessies

Publications

Measuring Firebrand Heat Flux with a Thin-Skin Calorimeter

July 11, 2023

Author(s)

Amy Mensch, Savannah Wessies, Anthony Hamins, Jiann C. Yang

While the impact of wildland-urban interface fires is growing, firebrand exposure is a significant but not well understood contributor to fire spread. The

Convective Heat Transfer Correlation for a Single Surrogate Firebrand and a Simplified Firebrand Pile on a Flat Plate Using Naphthalene Sublimation in Heated Air Flow

July 7, 2023

Author(s)

Savannah Wessies, Jiann C. Yang

Previous studies have shown that most structure ignitions in wildland urban-interface fires are due to firebrand deposition and ignition. The heat transfer

Classification of Airborne Firebrand Combustion State Using a Convolutional Neural Network

March 22, 2023

Author(s)

Savannah Wessies, Nicolas Bouvet, Eric Link

In wildland fire scenarios, firebrand transport allows for further propagation of the fire away from the main fire front. A better understanding of the number

Experimental Studies on the Heat Flux of Individual Firebrands

March 22, 2023

Author(s)

Amy Mensch, Savannah Wessies, Anthony Hamins, Jiann C. Yang

Every year, thousands of wildfires burn all over the world threatening lives and property in the wildland-urban interface. These wildland-urban interface fires

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Savannah Wessies (Fed)

Mechanical Engineer

Publications

Measuring Firebrand Heat Flux with a Thin-Skin Calorimeter

Convective Heat Transfer Correlation for a Single Surrogate Firebrand and a Simplified Firebrand Pile on a Flat Plate Using Naphthalene Sublimation in Heated Air Flow

Classification of Airborne Firebrand Combustion State Using a Convolutional Neural Network

Experimental Studies on the Heat Flux of Individual Firebrands