
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Viegas, DX 
A1  - Neto, LPC 
T1  - Wall Shear-Stress as a Parameter to Correlate the Rate of Spread of a Wind Induced Forest Fire.
JF  - International Journal of Wildland Fire
JO  - Int. J. Wildland Fire
Y1  - 1991
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
SP  - 177
EP  - 188
KW  - Behavior; Rate of Spread; Physics; Wind; Modelling
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WF9910177 
N2  - Modelling of the wind effect on the rate of spread of a flame in a forest fire usually employs a wind velocity measured at mid-flame height. An alternative formulation is proposed in this paper, based on the wall shear-stress produced by the wind on the fuelbed in the absence of combustion. Some tests performed on a labo ratory scale are described and the results obtained to gether with those from other sources confirm the possi bility of using wall shear-stress to correlate the rate of spread of a flame front. 
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