TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Zigzag shape of the fire front
JO  - International journal of wildland fire
A1  - Viegas, Domingos Xavier
SP  - 763
EP  - 764
VL  - 16
IS  - 6
N2  - It is shown that the shape of the fire perimeter is not always a regular line. In flank or down-slope fires, the fire line can assume a zigzag shape with kinks at practically orthogonal angles. These kinks are associated with convection cells that generate local equilibrium conditions. It is hypothesized that this process is an example of a more general natural law governing convective flows.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-8001
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF06135
ID  - ref1
ER  -