Using a Computational Fluid Dynamic Model to Guide Wildland Fire Management

Abstract

The specific performance objectives of the project were to (a) further validate FIRETECs ability to simulate representative coupled fire/atmosphere behavior, (b) simulate prescribed fire behavior and phenomena in longleaf pine fuels on Eglin AFB and, (c) use modeling results to enhance knowledge, skills, and abilities of fire practitioners nationally. The project was designed and managed using a co-production approach to demonstrate the potential to leverage the modeling power of a next generation fire spread model, FIRETEC, to improve wildland fire managers knowledge base, situational awareness and prescribed fire outcomes, particularly as related to fire behavior dynamics associated with various fuel types, atmospheric conditions, and complex firing patterns by providing powerful visual training tools.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2019
Accession Number
AD1135449

Entities

People

  • Brett A. Williams
  • James Furman
  • Judith Winterkamp
  • Rodman Linn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Birds
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fires
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Forest Fires
  • Habitats
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Munitions
  • Natural Resources
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Three Dimensional
  • Training Devices
  • Turbulence

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.