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View article: Characterisation of Hedge Burning in the Context of Wildland Urban Interface (<scp>WUI</scp>) Fire Prevention
Characterisation of Hedge Burning in the Context of Wildland Urban Interface (<span>WUI</span>) Fire Prevention Open
With global warming, the wildfire season tends to get longer, causing fatalities and devastating damage to human property. Although many countries have implemented fire risk prevention measures, particularly in Wildland Urban Interfaces (W…
View article: Combinative effects of thinning and prescribed burning on fuel reduction and soil arthropods: A case study in a Mediterranean pine forest
Combinative effects of thinning and prescribed burning on fuel reduction and soil arthropods: A case study in a Mediterranean pine forest Open
Wildfire pressure involves today to implement silvicultural practices that provide a good compromise between reducing fire risk and maintaining ecological functioning. Thinning reduces tree density and low branches, but results in the depo…
View article: Numerical Assessment of Safe Separation Distance in the Wildland–Urban Interfaces
Numerical Assessment of Safe Separation Distance in the Wildland–Urban Interfaces Open
A safe separation distance (SSD) needs to be considered during firefighting activities (fire suppression or people evacuation) against wildfires. The SSD is of critical interest for both humans and assets located in the wildland–urban inte…
View article: A Study of Two High Intensity Fires across Corsican Shrubland
A Study of Two High Intensity Fires across Corsican Shrubland Open
This paper reports two experimental fires conducted at field-scale in Corsica, across a particular mountain shrubland. The orientation of the experimental plots was chosen in such a way that the wind was aligned along the main slope direct…
View article: Modelling the Burning of an Ornamental Vegetation with WFDS: From Laboratory to Field Scale
Modelling the Burning of an Ornamental Vegetation with WFDS: From Laboratory to Field Scale Open
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View article: Effect of Incoming Wind on Combustion of Ornamental Vegetation at the Wildland–Urban Interface
Effect of Incoming Wind on Combustion of Ornamental Vegetation at the Wildland–Urban Interface Open
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View article: Efficiency and Impact of Prescribed Burning in Pinus laricio Forest
Efficiency and Impact of Prescribed Burning in Pinus laricio Forest Open
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View article: Numerical study of high intensity experimental field fires across Corsican shrubland vegetation
Numerical study of high intensity experimental field fires across Corsican shrubland vegetation Open
Field-scale experiments have been conducted on steep sloped terrains in Speluncatu and Letia, north-western and southern regions of Corsica. This work lies within the GOLIAT project framework and it was provided by the Fire and Rescue Serv…
View article: Impact of prescribed burning on soil organism communities in a Pinus laricio forest.
Impact of prescribed burning on soil organism communities in a Pinus laricio forest. Open
The objective of this preliminary study is to highlight the potential impacts of prescribed fire on soil organism communities in Pinus laricio forests, a species endemic to Corsica. For this purpose, a control plot, and a plot burned on 10…
View article: Impact of the bulk density on fire spread through a homogenous vegetation layer
Impact of the bulk density on fire spread through a homogenous vegetation layer Open
The bulk density as definition represents the ratio between the packing ratio and the density of the vegetation. Therefore, it is directly related to the fuel load, the height and to the porosity of the vegetation. In fact, the bulk densit…
View article: Numerical prediction of the thermal stress induced by the burning of an ornamental vegetation at WUI
Numerical prediction of the thermal stress induced by the burning of an ornamental vegetation at WUI Open
Over the last decades, urban expansion and global warming have increased the occurrence of wildland fires propagating at the vicinity of buildings at WUI. In this scenario, ornamental vegetation has been identified as a vector of fire prop…
View article: GOLIAT, a project to develop tools for firefighting and land use planning
GOLIAT, a project to develop tools for firefighting and land use planning Open
The GOLIAT project is a consortium of academics and firefighting operators and land-use planning professionals of Corsica. One goal of GOLIAT project is to provide four operational decision support tools. To reach this goal, a survey of pa…
View article: Assessing the Impact of the Loss Function, Architecture and Image Type for Deep Learning-Based Wildfire Segmentation
Assessing the Impact of the Loss Function, Architecture and Image Type for Deep Learning-Based Wildfire Segmentation Open
Wildfires stand as one of the most relevant natural disasters worldwide, particularly more so due to the effect of climate change and its impact on various societal and environmental levels. In this regard, a significant amount of research…
View article: Influence of Prescribed Burning on a Pinus nigra subsp. Laricio Forest: Heat Transfer and Tree Vitality
Influence of Prescribed Burning on a Pinus nigra subsp. Laricio Forest: Heat Transfer and Tree Vitality Open
Surface fuel removal is crucial to facilitate the mitigation of severe fires in forests. Prescribed burning is often used by forest managers, thanks to its low cost and high efficiency in hard-to-reach areas. The determination of heat tran…
View article: A convective–radiative propagation model for wildland fires
A convective–radiative propagation model for wildland fires Open
The ‘Balbi model’ is a simplified steady-state physical propagation model for surface fires that considers radiative heat transfer from the surface area of burning fuel particles as well as from the flame body. In this work, a completely n…
View article: An OCARI-Based Wireless Sensor Network for Heat Measurements during Outdoor Fire Experiments
An OCARI-Based Wireless Sensor Network for Heat Measurements during Outdoor Fire Experiments Open
This study presents a new wireless measurement system for outdoor fire experiments based on an OCARI wireless sensor network (WSN). The open-source radio communication OCARI stack (‘Open Communication Protocol for Ad Hoc Reliable Industria…
View article: Experimental and numerical investigation of shrub combustion
Experimental and numerical investigation of shrub combustion Open
The use of physics-based models to simulate vegetation fires has been steadily increasing over the last decade. These models offer the possibility to study quickly and at a low cost the combustion of vegetation according to a wide set of p…
View article: New experimental diagnostics in combustion of forest fuels: microscale appreciation for a macroscale approach
New experimental diagnostics in combustion of forest fuels: microscale appreciation for a macroscale approach Open
In modelling the wildfire behaviour, good knowledge of the mechanisms and the kinetic parameters controlling the thermal decomposition of forest fuel is of great importance. The kinetic modelling is based on the mass-loss rate, which defin…
View article: New experimental diagnostics in combustion of forest fuels:Microscale appreciation for a Macroscale approach
New experimental diagnostics in combustion of forest fuels:Microscale appreciation for a Macroscale approach Open
In modelling the wildfire behaviour, a good knowledge of the mechanisms and the kinetic parameters controlling the thermal decomposition of forest fuel is of great importance. Lab-scale experimental diagnostics as Thermogravimetric Analysi…