@article{ref1,
title="Behavior of luminous zones appearing on plumes of large-scale pool fires of kerosene",
journal="Fire safety journal",
year="1999",
author="Takahashi, N. and Suzuki, Mitsuru and Dobashi, R and Hirano, Toshisuke",
volume="33",
number="1",
pages="1-10",
abstract="In order to understand characteristics of large pool fires, behavior of intermittent luminous zones appearing on the smoky plumes has been analyzed using a recently developed image processing technique. The images of large pool fires analyzed in this study are of 30 and 50-m diameter pool fires of kerosene recorded on videotapes at the large-scale experiments performed in Japan, 1981. The results indicate that the probability of a luminous zone appearing is the maximum on the central point of the average plume width and at a distance from its base, and decreases with the distance from the maximum point. It can be inferred that the luminous zone on the smoky plume of a pool fire likely appears at its concave boundary (in a side view). It ascends at an almost constant velocity while changing it's area at the same frequency as that of the &quot;breathing&quot;.<p />",
language="",
issn="0379-7112",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}