Wendy R. Anderson

TL;DR: In this paper, two empirical models were developed to predict the potential spread of an established line of fire in dry eucalypt forest with a shrubby understorey, using inputs of fine fuel moisture, wind speed, near surface fuel height, and either a numerical fuel hazard score or a descriptive fuel rating for the surface and near-surface fuel.

TL;DR: In this paper, three models for rate of spread were developed using 2-m wind speed, a wind reduction factor, elevated dead fuel moisture content and either vegetation height or bulk density.

TL;DR: In this paper, fuel moisture content (FMC), litter type (primarily species), pilot ignition source, and wind were investigated using reconstructed litter beds in a laboratory, where successful ignition was defined as fire spreading a fixed distance from the ignition point.

TL;DR: A model system to predict the full range of fire behaviour in mallee-heath shrubland is proposed relying on a combined method that links the surface and crown fire rate of spread models, which predicted correctly 75% and 79% of the fires in the evaluation dataset.

TL;DR: In this article, two rapid chloride permeability tests (RCPT) and UCT) were employed and compared using concrete specimens cast with effective w/b ratio of 0.48 and applying seven days of curing.