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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Firebrand"”.
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Predicting Flow in Firebrand Pile using Pore Network Model
Firebrand pile ignition of adjacent materials requires an in-depth understanding of heat transfer and flow profile within the firebrand pile. Modeling the firebrand pile as a fibrous porous medium, this study identified a porosity-permeability correlation that accurately describes the transport …
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Quantifying Burning, Heat Transfer, and Material Ignition of Smoldering Firebrand Piles
… by which fires can spread in the WUI are firebrands, airborne embers capable of acting as ignition sources carried in the airstream. Many studies have been conducted on the generation and transport of firebrands, but limited work has been conducted to quantify the heat transfer of …
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Factors Affecting Heat Transfer from Firebrands and Firebrand Piles and the Ignition of Building Materials
Firebrands, small pieces of burning vegetation or debris generated by fires, are one of the primary ways wildfires ignite structures. Due to their small size, firebrands can be carried several kilometers by high winds before landing on combustible surfaces such as decks or roofs and potentially …
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Advancing Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Simulation: Fuel Representation and Fire Spotting
… are ignited in front of the active fire line by firebrands. For this process, a fire spotting framework capable of simulating firebrand generation, transport, and ignition is developed and implemented in the WRF-Fire recently. The objective of this work is to advance the current implementation …
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Bias Assessment and Reduction in Kernel Smoothing
… of burning debris as a randomized component in a firebrand spotting simulator
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A Computational Fluid Dynamics Model to Simulate Wood Combustion
… of the cumulative PM2.5 emissions. Furthermore, firebrand generation from wood combustion is the primary mechanism for wild land fire spread. In order to predict various performance parameters of residential heaters and predict wood degradation behavior for fire safety, a comprehensive …
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Playing Devil's Advocate: The Attractive Shakespearean Villain
… for evil. Other villains, like the passionate firebrand of 1 Henry IV, Henry "Hotspur" Percy, are perhaps less discussed but still produce an equally ambivalent response from their audiences. This thesis specifically aims to answer two questions. First, what makes these villains attractive to …