TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Linear model for spread rate and mass loss rate for mixed-size fuel beds
JO  - International journal of wildland fire
A1  - Viegas, Domingos X.
A1  - Almeida, Miguel
A1  - Miranda, Ana I.
A1  - Ribeiro, Luis M.
SP  - 531
EP  - 540
VL  - 19
IS  - 5
N2  - A linearised model to estimate the properties of composite fuel beds based on the mass fraction of each fuel component is proposed. Laboratory experiments to determine combustibility properties of fuel beds composed of two, three and four components were performed under no-slope and no-wind conditions. Results of the rate of spread and mass loss rate compared favourably with model predictions. Results from tests with wind-induced fire fronts were also compared with the present model. The linear model provides a simple method to estimate of the rate of spread of composite fuels.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-8001
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF09007
ID  - ref1
ER  -