The most unpredictable and uncontrollable wildfires are those that burn in the crowns of live
vegetation. The fuels that feed these crown fires are mostly live, green foliage. Unfortunately …

This paper presents flammability studies related to wildland fires that have been conducted
at the University of Edinburgh and at WPI over the last 5 years. This is the first time that all of …

The forest–steppe ecotone in Argentine Patagonia has been planted with non-native Pinus
ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Pinus radiata, and P. contorta. As in many other planted …

An understanding of what variables affect the ignition of live wildland fuels is crucial to
predicting crown fire spread, the most poorly understood type of wildland fire. Ignition tests …

Wildland fires are an extremely costly and deadly problem. Crown fires, where live foliage
ignites and burns, are particularly unpredictable–in part because live fuel ignition and …

We studied moist pine needle beds burning under the effect of wind, in order to determine
the upper moisture limit for which there is fire propagation for different wind velocities. For …

A linear tube heater apparatus was used to simulate the non-ideal burning commonly
encountered in real wildland fire scenarios, such as limited oxygen conditions. Recently live …

Fire is a phenomenon that covers a multiplicity of scales depending on the different
processes involved. Length scales range from the nanometres when addressing material …

Wildland fires impact ecosystems and communities worldwide. Many wildfires burn in living
or a mixture of living and senescent vegetation. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the …

An experimental study of the burning rates of small-scale forest fuel layers composed of
maritime pine needles is carried out by using the FM-Global Fire Propagation Apparatus …