Student researcher
This PhD study aims at refining two submodels in the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Dynamics Simulator (WFDS model): (1) pyrolysis and (2) firebrand transport and validate them against the experimental data.
WFDS is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based fire model developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), US to simulate fire spread in landscapes
The improved WFDS model can’t be immediately used for operational purposes as it is computationally very expensive and can’t be run in faster than real time required for strategic planning. However, WFDS can provide insight and input data for non-physics based operational tools. These non-physics based tools rely on historical data as input parameters. This imposes a severe limitation because climates and types of vegetation are constantly changing and the historical data are likely to lose their relevance and currency. This study will be a part of a larger study in which it is aimed to develop full physics-based WFDS model that can provide insight into these application tools to improve their effectiveness. The resulting model will also be able to generate input data for non-physics based models by simulating required number of case studies that account for a wide range of variables.
Year | Type | Citation |
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2020 | Thesis | Physics-based simulation of short-range spotting in wildfires. (2020). at <http://vuir.vu.edu.au/40025/> |
2019 | Conference Paper | 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> |
2017 | Conference Paper | Suitable pyrolysis model for physics-based bushfire simulation. 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (The Combustion Institute, 2017). |
2017 | Journal Article | 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 |
2017 | Journal Article | Verification of a Lagrangian particle model for short-range firebrand transport. Fire Safety Journal 91, 776-783 (2017). |
Date | Title | Download | Key Topics |
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15 Aug 2016 | Rahul Wadwhani 2016 Progress Report |
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fire impacts |
31 Oct 2017 | Three Minute Thesis: how short-range embers travel and burn surface fuels |
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fire, modelling, propagation |
05 Nov 2018 | PhD science on bushfire prediction modelling |
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fire, modelling |