Wildland surface fire spread modelling, 1990–2007. 3: Simulation and mathematical analogue models

AL Sullivan - International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
In recent years, advances in computational power have led to an increase in attempts to
model the behaviour of wildland fires and to simulate their spread across landscape. The …

A forest fire detection system based on ensemble learning

R Xu, H Lin, K Lu, L Cao, Y Liu - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Due to the various shapes, textures, and colors of fires, forest fire detection is a challenging
task. The traditional image processing method relies heavily on manmade features, which is …

A wildland fire model with data assimilation

J Mandel, LS Bennethum, JD Beezley, JL Coen… - … and Computers in …, 2008 - Elsevier
A wildfire model is formulated based on balance equations for energy and fuel, where the
fuel loss due to combustion corresponds to the fuel reaction rate. The resulting coupled …

PROPAGATOR: An Operational Cellular-Automata Based Wildfire Simulator

A Trucchia, M D'Andrea, F Baghino, P Fiorucci… - Fire, 2020 - mdpi.com
PROPAGATOR is a stochastic cellular automaton model for forest fire spread simulation,
conceived as a rapid method for fire risk assessment. The model uses high-resolution …

Data assimilation for wildland fires

J Mandel, JD Beezley, JL Coen… - IEEE Control Systems …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Two wildland fire models and methods for assimilating data in those models are presented.
The EnKF is implemented ina distributed-memory high-performance computing …

A review of wildland fire spread modelling, 1990-present 3: Mathematical analogues and simulation models

AL Sullivan - arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.4130, 2007 - arxiv.org
In recent years, advances in computational power and spatial data analysis (GIS, remote
sensing, etc) have led to an increase in attempts to model the spread and behvaiour of …

Convective heat transfer in fire spread through fine fuel beds

WR Anderson, EA Catchpole… - International Journal of …, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
An extensive set of wind-tunnel fires was burned to investigate convective heat transfer
ahead of a steadily progressing fire front moving across a porous fuel bed. The effects of fuel …

Forest fires prediction by an organization based system

A Mata, B Pérez, JM Corchado - … in Practical Applications of Agents and …, 2010 - Springer
In this study, a new organization based system for forest fires prediction is presented. It is an
Organization Based System for Forest Fires Forecasting (OBSFFF). The core of the system is …

Interactive fire spread simulations with extinguishment support for virtual reality training tools

A Moreno, J Posada, Á Segura, A Arbelaiz… - Fire safety journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Virtual Reality training for fire fighters and managers has two main advantages. On one
hand, it supports the simulation of complex scenarios like big cities, where a fire cannot be …

Surface mechanical effects of wildfires on rocks in climbing areas

P Yeste-Lizán, M Gomez-Heras, M García-Rodríguez… - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wildfires are widely recognized as a cause of mechanical damage to rocks. Nevertheless,
previous research has neglected how wildfires might impact sport climbing areas. In Spain …