
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Morandini, Frédéric 
A1  - Santoni, Paul A. 
A1  - Balbi, Jacques H. 
A1  - Ventura, Jo&atilde;o M. 
A1  - Mendes-Lopes, José M. 
T1  - A two-dimensional model of fire spread across a fuel bed including wind combined with slope conditions
JF  - International Journal of Wildland Fire
JO  - Int. J. Wildland Fire
Y1  - 2002
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
SP  - 53
EP  - 63
KW  - fire spread model; slope; wind; flame tilt angle.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WF01043 
N2  - In a previous work (Santoni et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire, 2000, 9(4), 285&#8211;292), we proposed a twodimensional fire spread model including slope effects as another step towards our aim to elaborate a fire management tool. In the present study, we improve the model to include both wind conditions and wind combined with slope conditions. For this purpose the effect of wind and slope are considered similar, in the sense that they both force the flames to lean forward. However, this analogy remains acceptable only when flame tilt is below a threshold value. Simulation results are compared to experimental data under wind and no-slope conditions. The proposed model is able to describe the fire behaviour. Predictions of the model for wind and slope conditions are then considered and comparisons with observations are also provided. 
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