Refinement and validation of the pyrolysis and firebrand transport sub-models for a physics based bushfire prediction model

Using a firebrand modelling dragon system, this study refined two sub models in the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Dynamics Simulator: pyrolysis and firebrand transport. This research is benefiting fire model developers and improving numerical modelling of short-range embers.

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Fire Predictive Services

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Dr Rahul Wadhwani Research Leader

This project was completed in January 2020.

19 Feb 2020

New online - February 2020

communication, emergency management

05 Feb 2020

Student research supporting EM sector

emergency management, modelling

16 Apr 2019

New online - April 2019

cyclone, earthquake

Rahul Wadhwani with the Fire Dragon at Victoria University.

13 Dec 2018

Fire dragon to model bushfires

fire, modelling

30 Jan 2018

Fire management research at Imperial College, London

fire, modelling

23 Oct 2017

New online - October 2017

emergency management, flood

13 Sep 2017

New online - September 2017

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2021	Conference Paper	Wadhwani, R., Sutherland, D., Thorpe, G. & Moinuddin, K. Improvement of drag model for non-burning firebrand transport in Fire Dynamics Simulator . 24th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (2021). at <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rahul-Wadhwani/publication/356914453_Improvement_of_drag_model_for_non-burning_firebrand_transport_in_Fire_Dynamics_Simulator/links/61c2c9e28bb20101842b52be/Improvement-of-drag-model-for-non-burning-firebrand-transport> Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote XML
2020	Thesis	Wadhwani, R. Physics-based simulation of short-range spotting in wildfires. (2020). at <http://vuir.vu.edu.au/40025/> Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote XML
2019	Conference Paper	Wadhwani, R., Moinuddin, K. & Sutherland, D. Simulated transport of short-range embers in an idealised bushfire. 6th International Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference (2019). at <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332142658_Simulated_transport_of_short-range_embers_in_an_idealised_bushfire> Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote XML
2017	Conference Paper	Wadhwani, R., Sutherland, D. & Moinuddin, K. Suitable pyrolysis model for physics-based bushfire simulation. 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (The Combustion Institute, 2017). Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote XML
2017	Journal Article	Wadhwani, R., Sutherland, D., Moinuddin, K. & Joseph, P. Kinetics of pyrolysis of litter materials from pine and eucalyptus forests. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2017). doi:10.1007/s10973-017-6512-0 DOI Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote XML
2017	Journal Article	Wadhwani, R., Sutherland, D., Ooi, A., Moinuddin, K. & Thorpe, G. Verification of a Lagrangian particle model for short-range firebrand transport. Fire Safety Journal 91, 776-783 (2017). DOI Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote XML

Date	Title	Download	Key Topics
15 Aug 2016	Rahul Wadwhani 2016 Progress Report	41.59 KB (41.59 KB)	fire impacts
31 Oct 2017	Three Minute Thesis: how short-range embers travel and burn surface fuels	69.49 KB (69.49 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
05 Nov 2018	PhD science on bushfire prediction modelling	0 bytes (0 bytes)	fire, modelling