Wildland Fire Research

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Flame Merging - Research Outreach magazine article 2019

BYU flame-merging video spot 2019

A. Experimental Work

      
  1. Engstrom, J. D., J. K. Butler, S. G. Smith, L. L. Baxter, T. H. Fletcher, and D. R. Weise, “Ignition Behavior of Live California Chaparral Leaves,” Combustion Science and Technology, 176, 1-15, (2004).
  2. Smith, S. G., “Effects of Moisture on Combustion Characteristics of Live California Chaparral and Utah Foliage,” M.S. Thesis, Chemical Engineering Department, Brigham Young University (August, 2005). (pdf file, 5.4 Mb)
  3. Fletcher, T. H., B. M. Pickett, S. G. Smith, G. S. Spittle, M. M. Woodhouse, E. Haake and D. R. Weise, “Effects of Moisture on Ignition Behavior of Moist California Chaparral and Utah Leaves,” Combustion Science and Technology, 179, 1183-1203 (2007).
  4. Pickett, B. M., “Effects of Moisture on Combustion of Live Wildland Forest Fuels,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Chemical Engineering Department, Brigham Young University, (August, 2008). (pdf file, 6.4 Mb)
  5. Pickett, B. M., Isackson, R. Wunder, T. H. Fletcher, B. W. Butler, and D. R. Weise, “Flame Interactions and Burning Characteristics of Two Live Leaf Samples,” International Journal of Wildland Fire, 18, 865–874 (2009).
  6. Pickett, B. M., C. Isackson, R. Wunder, T. H. Fletcher, B. W. Butler, and D. R. Weise, “Experimental Measurements during Combustion of Moist Individual Foliage Samples,” International Journal of Wildland Fire, 19, 153-162 (2010).
  7. Cole, W. J., M. H. Dennis, T. H. Fletcher, and D. R. Weise, “The Effects of Wind on the Flame Characteristics of Individual Leaves,” International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20, 657-667 (2011).
  8. Prince, D. R., M. E. Fletcher, C. Shen, and T. H. Fletcher, “Application of L-Systems to Geometrical Construction of Chamise and Juniper Shrubs,” Ecological Modelling, 273, 86-95 (2014).
  9. Prince, D. R. and T. H. Fletcher, “Differences in Burning Behavior of Live and Dead Leaves, Part 1: Measurements,” Combustion Science and Technology, 186, 1844–1857 (2014). DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2014.923412
  10. Prince, D. R., “Measurement and Modeling of Fire Behavior in Leaves and Sparse Shrubs,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Chemical Engineering Department, Brigham Young University (July, 2014). (pdf file, 17 Mb)
  11. Shen, C. and T. H. Fletcher, “Fuel Element Combustion Properties for Live Wildland Utah Shrubs,” Combustion Science and Technology, 187, 428–444 (2015). DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2014.950372
  12. Gallacher, J. R., “The Influence of Season, Heating Mode and Slope Angle on Wildland Fire Behavior,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Chemical Engineering Department, Brigham Young University (February, 2016). (pdf file, 9.4 Mb)
  13. Prince, D. R., C. Shen, and T. H. Fletcher, “Semi-empirical Model for Fire Spread in Shrubs with Spatially-defined Fuel Elements and Flames,” Fire Technology, 53, 1439–1469 (2017). DOI: 10.1007/s10694-016-0644-9
  14. Gallacher, J. R., B. Ripa, B. Butler, and T. H. Fletcher, “Lab-Scale Observations of Flame Attachment on Slopes with Implications for Firefighter Safety Zones,” Fire Safety Journal, 96, 93-104 (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2018.01.002
  15. Weise, D. R., T. H. Fletcher, W. Cole, S. Mahalingham, X. Zhou, L. Sun, and J. Li, “Fire Behavior in Chaparral – Evaluating Flame Models with Laboratory Data,” Combustion and Flame, 191, 500-512 (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.02.012
  16. Safdari, M-S., M. Rahmati, E. Amini, J. E. Howarth, J. P. Berryhill, M. Dietenberger, D. R. Weise, and T. H. Fletcher, “Characterization of Pyrolysis Products from Fast Pyrolysis of Live and Dead Vegetation,” Fuel, 229, 151-166 (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.04.166
  17. Safdari, Mohammad Saeed, “Characterization of Pyrolysis Products from Fast Pyrolysis of Live and Dead Vegetation,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Chemical Engineering Department, Brigham Young University (December, 2018). (pdf file, 4.1 Mb)
  18. Amini, E., M-S. Safdari, J. T. Young, D. R. Weise, and T. H. Fletcher, “Characterization of pyrolysis products from slow pyrolysis of live and dead vegetation native to the southern United States,” Fuel, 235, 1475-1491 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.08.112
  19. Safdari, M-S., E. Amini, D. R. Weise, and T. H. Fletcher, “Heating Rate and Temperature Effects on Pyrolysis Products from Live Wildland Fuels,” Fuel, 242, 295-304 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.01.040
  20. Amini, E., M-S. Safdari, D. R. Weise, and T. H. Fletcher, “Pyrolysis Kinetics of Live and Dead Wildland Vegetation from the Southern United States,” Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 149, 104613:1-14 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2019.05.002
  21. Safdari, M.-S., E. Amini, D. R. Weise, and T. H. Fletcher, “Comparison of Pyrolysis of Live Wildland Fuels Heated by Radiation vs. Convection,” Fuel, 268, 117342:1-12 (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117342
  22. Amini, Elham, “Characterization of Slow Pyrolysis Behavior of Live and Dead Vegetation,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Chemical Engineering Department, Brigham Young University (June, 2020). (pdf file, 4 Mb)

B. Modeling

  1. Clark, M. M., “Development and Evaluation of a Sub-Grid Combustion Model for a Landscape Scale 3-D Wildland Fire Simulator,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Chemical Engineering Department, Brigham Young University, (August, 2008). (pdf file, 2.7 Mb)
  2. Clark, M. M., T. H. Fletcher, R. R. Linn, “A Sub-Grid, Mixture-Fraction-Based Thermodynamic Equilibrium Model for Gas Phase Combustion in FIRETEC: Development and Results,” International Journal of Wildland Fire, 19, 202-212 (2010).