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Burning Rates of Individual Firebrands on Shredded Paper Beds

January 15, 2026
Author(s)
Savannah Wessies, Jiann Yang
Every year, homes and buildings are destroyed by wildland fires. In most situations, the structures are ignited by firebrands landing on a combustible surface within or in the direct vicinity of the structure. The mass burning rate, which is directly

Insitu Mass Burning Rates of Individual Firebrands

December 17, 2025
Author(s)
Savannah Wessies, Jiann Yang
Firebrands are a leading cause of structure ignitions in wildland-urban interface fires. Understanding the burning rates of firebrands can provide insight on the ability of firebrands to ignite the substrates they land on. Experiments were designed to

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 ignition threat of firebrand exposures can be characterized by measuring the heat transfer of glowing

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 spread by radiation, direct flame contact, or firebrand transport. Firebrand exposures are a
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