Wildland Fire Dynamics

Table of Contents

• 1. Wildland fire combustion dynamics: the intersection of combustion chemistry and fluid dynamics Andrew L. Sullivan
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Combustion chemistry
• 1.3 Combustion processes and environmental interactions
• 1.4 Physical evidence of environmental interactions with combustion processes
• 1.5 Concluding remarks
• References
• 2. The structure of line fires at flame scale Salman Verma, Mohamed Ahmed and Arnaud Trouvé
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 The dynamics of line fires
• 2.3 Integral model
• 2.4 Large Eddy simulations
• 2.5 Conclusion
• References
• 3. Energy transport and measurements in wildland and prescribed fires Bret W. Butler and Joseph J. O'Brien
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Heat transfer
• 3.3 Heating rates in flames
• 3.4 Fire models
• 3.5 Ignition
• 3.6 Flames
• 3.7 Impacts of heat and mass transfer on flames
• 3.8 Conclusion
• References
• 4. Fire line geometry and pyroconvective dynamics Jason J. Sharples, James E. Hilton, Rachel L. Badlan, Christopher M. Thomas and Richard H. D. McRae
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Pyroconvective effects on fire propagation
• 4.3 Extreme wildfire development
• 4.4 Modeling pyroconvective interactions
• 4.5 Discussion and conclusions
• References
• 5. Firebrands Ali Tohidi and Nigel Berkeley Kaye
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Firebrand generation
• 5.3 Transport modeling
• 5.4 Ignition of spot fires
• References
• 6. Re-envisioning fire and vegetation feedbacks Eric Rowell, Susan Prichard, J. Morgan Varner and Timothy M. Shearman
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Fuels re-envisioned: the ecology of fuels and fire environments
• 6.3 Two-way feedbacks between fire and vegetation
• 6.4 Unified model of plant and fire feedbacks
• 6.5 Future directions and applications
• References
• 7. Wind and canopies François Pimont, Jean-Luc Dupuy and Rodman Linn
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Wind flows in the lower part of the atmosphere
• 7.3 Wind flows in homogeneous canopies
• 7.4 Heterogeneous canopies
• 7.5 Modeling the interaction between wind flow and plant canopies
• 7.6 Measuring wind in fire experiments
• 7.7 Conclusion
• References
• 8. Coupled fire-atmosphere model evaluation and challenges Janice Coen, Miguel Cruz, Daniel Rosales-Giron and Kevin Speer
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Fire front spread rate expectations and uncertainties from models and data
• 8.3 Fuel considerations in models and validation
• 8.4 Hindcasting case studies and challenges
• 8.5 Discussion and conclusion
• References
• Index
• Colour plates section to be found between pp. 128 and 129.
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