Wildland Fire Dynamics

Kevin Speer,Scott Goodrick

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781108598064
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Biological Sciences

Wildland fires are among the most complicated environmental phenomena to model. Fire behavior models are commonly used to predict the direction and rate of spread of wildland fires based on fire history, fuel, and environmental conditions; however, more sophisticated computational fluid dynamic models are now being developed. This quantitative analysis of fire as a fluid dynamic phenomenon embedded in a highly turbulent flow is beginning to reveal the combined interactions of the vegetative structure, combustion-driven convective effects, and atmospheric boundary layer processes. This book provides an overview of the developments in modeling wildland fire dynamics and the key dynamical processes involved. Mathematical and dynamical principles are presented, and the complex phenomena that arise in wildland fire are discussed. Providing a state-of-the-art survey, it is a useful reference for scientists, researchers, and graduate students interested in wildland fire behavior from a broad range of fields.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• 1 Wildland Fire Combustion Dynamics: The Intersection of Combustion Chemistry and Fluid Dynamics
• 2 The Structure of Line Fires at Flame Scale
• 3 Energy Transport and Measurements in Wildland and Prescribed Fires
• 4 Fire Line Geometry and Pyroconvective Dynamics
• 5 Firebrands
• 6 Re-envisioning Fire and Vegetation Feedbacks
• 7 Wind and Canopies
• 8 Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Model Evaluation and Challenges
• Index