Thermal Characterization of Firebrand Piles

dc.contributor.advisorGollner, Michael Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorHakes, Raquel Sara Pilaren_US
dc.contributor.departmentFire Protection Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-14T05:49:04Z
dc.date.available2017-09-14T05:49:04Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractOver the past several decades, the severity of wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires has increased drastically, resulting in thousands of structures lost globally each year. The cause of the majority of structure losses is ignition via firebrands, small pieces of burning material which are generated from burning vegetation and structures. In this thesis, a methodology for studying the heating to recipient fuels by firebrands is developed. Small-scale experiments designed to capture heating from firebrand piles and the process of ignition were conducted using laboratory-fabricated cylindrical wooden firebrands. The methodology compares two heat flux measurement methods. Experimental results compare the effects of varying firebrand diameter, pile mass, and wind speed. An ignition condition is described using temperature and heat flux.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2H70814D
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20028
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBurning embersen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFirebrandsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHeat transferen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWildfireen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWildland fireen_US
dc.titleThermal Characterization of Firebrand Pilesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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