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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"fine fuel"”.
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A Study Of Intermittent Convective Heating Effects On Fine Fuel Ignition
… convective heating on the ignition of fine fuels during wildland fire spread. In this study, a novel pulsed-gas line burner similar to a Rubens' tube, driven by acoustic oscillations, is used to re-create the pulsations observed in wildland fires in a controlled environment. After …
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Effects of hurricanes and fires on southeastern savanna-forest landscapes
… my mechanistic hypotheses incorporate rates of fine fuel re-accumulation after a fire relative to decomposition of fine and coarse woody debris after a hurricane. This model suggests that the probability for disturbance interactions varies across savanna-forest landscapes. I predict that 1) …
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Fuel moisture and fuel dynamics in woodland and heathland vegetation of the Sydney Basin
… and in some vegetation types up to 70 % of fuel consumed during a fire can be live. Research into fire behaviour and fuel dynamics has been minimal. To address this issue this thesis investigated the principal factor affecting the ease of ignition and rate of combustion of individual fuel …
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Flammability traits of fynbos species with different post-fire regeneration strategies
… which indicate that the proportion of dead and fine fuel is significant predictors of flammability. Significantly higher flame temperatures and values for % fuel burned were recorded for FSR's relative to NFSR's and these differences are attributed to significant differences in % fuel dead, fuel …
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Effects of fire and treefalls on Japanese climbing fern and native species groundcover in a restored longleaf pine savanna
… understory through generation of canopy gaps and fuel accumulation, distribution and consumption. The combination of windstorms and fires promotes native herbaceous species, but also promotes invasion of Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum). Lygodium japonicum is an invasive fern with …
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Modeling of droplet evaporation, flash-boiling, and mixture preparation in internal combustion engines
… KIVA, to simulate the droplet evaporation in fuel spray. Flash-boiling of spray generates ultra-fine fuel mist and is potentially beneficial to the mixture preparation. The author examines the existing model for the droplet flashing breakup. The existing model is reformulated and merged with …