On Unraveling Community Ignition Processes: Joint Influences of Firebrand Showers and Radiant Heat Applied to Fuel Beds

Suzuki, Sayaka; Manzello, Samuel L.

doi:10.1080/00102202.2021.2019238

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“…In general, firebrands generated from structure combustion have larger projected area at a given mass and flatter shapes. Similar to the authors' prior full‐scale studies, firebrands made from Japanese Cypress wood chips have approximately double the projected areas at a certain mass, compared with firebrands generated from Douglas‐fir wood pieces as also seen in 19 . The difference in wind speeds on characteristics was not observed.…”

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“…Similar to the authors' prior fullscale studies, firebrands made from Japanese Cypress wood chips have approximately double the projected areas at a certain mass, compared with firebrands generated from Douglas-fir wood pieces as also seen in. 19 The difference in wind speeds on characteristics was not observed. phenomenon is the same as mentioned in reference.…”

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The processes of firebrand deposition and accumulation from wind‐driven firebrand showers

Suzuki

Manzello²

2022

Fire and Materials

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Firebrands, or smoldering and/or flaming particles, are in fact the main culprit to destroy structures in large outdoor fires. A recent comprehensive review of firebrand combustion reported that deposition and subsequent accumulation processes remain largely unexplored. As part of this work, a series of experiments were undertaken to investigate firebrand deposition and accumulation processes in the National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster (NRIFD)'s wind facility. A reduced‐scale firebrand generator was utilized, and various flow obstructions were placed downstream of these firebrand generators to better understand these complex deposition processes. Results of these investigations for multiple wind speeds, firebrand size and mass distributions, and obstacle placement are presented and discussed.

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The processes of firebrand deposition and accumulation from wind‐driven firebrand showers

Suzuki

Manzello²

2022

Fire and Materials

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“…It was found that the sum of the total heat received at the fuel beds and heat from firebrands is constant. Follow-up study with different size and mass of firebrands confirmed those findings (Suzuki and Manzello, 2022e).…”

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The world is burning: What exactly are firebrands and why should anyone care?

Manzello¹,

Suzuki²

2023

Front. Mech. Eng.

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Large outdoor fires have become commonplace all over the world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defines large outdoor fires as an urban fire, tsunami-generated fire, volcano-generated fire, wildland-urban interface (WUI) fire, wildland fire, or informal settlement fire, where the total burnout area is significant. Perhaps of all the large outdoor fires, it is wildland fires that spread into urban areas, simply called WUI fires that attract the most attention. A glance at the recent headlines in the summer of 2022 reveals numerous catastrophic WUI fires all over Europe. Across the Atlantic Ocean in the USA, there is yet another destructive WUI fire raging in the USA state of California. With the increasing risks from a changing climate, these large outdoor fire disasters are only going to become more and more commonplace all over the world. More homes will be lost and more lives will be lost. It is the authors opinion that a targeted, multi-disciplinary approach is needed to address the large outdoor fire problem. In this short, invited paper to Horizons in Mechanical Engineering, it is argued that large outdoor fire problem is a fascinating and challenging research area and that engineers have the necessary skills and training to impact a problem that influences millions upon millions of people all over the world. An important danger, present in all large outdoor fires, are firebrands. Firebrands are introduced for non-specialist readers, and the most recent literature is reviewed. Several challenges are discussed, in particular, areas where engineers may help move the needle forward on this globally important topic.

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Analyzing the ignition capabilities of glowing firebrand accumulations

Zhu,

Urban

2024

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

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On Unraveling Community Ignition Processes: Joint Influences of Firebrand Showers and Radiant Heat Applied to Fuel Beds

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

The processes of firebrand deposition and accumulation from wind‐driven firebrand showers

The processes of firebrand deposition and accumulation from wind‐driven firebrand showers

The world is burning: What exactly are firebrands and why should anyone care?

Analyzing the ignition capabilities of glowing firebrand accumulations

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