Investigation of Crown Fuel Bulk Density Effects on the Dynamics of Crown Fire Initiation in Shrublands - Tachajapong, Watcharapong; Lozano, Jesse; Mahalingam, Shankar; Zhou, Xiangyang; Weise, David R (Combustion science and technology, 2008)
Keywords: Adenostoma fasciculatum; Applied sciences; bulk density; canopy; Combustion. Flame; Crown fire; crown fires; Energy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; equations; Exact sciences and technology; experimental design; fire behavior; fires; fuel ignition; fuels (fire ecology); gas temperature; LES; Miscellaneous; physical models; shrublands; shrubs; simulation models; temperature; Theoretical studies. Data and constants. Metering; Transition; vegetation structure; Bulk density; Forests; Large eddy simulation; Flame impingement; Fires; Transition; Combustion; Inflammation; LES; Flame propagation; Modeling; Crown fire