Publications

@article{hadi2021,

title = {A Methodology for Experimental Quantification of Firebrand Generation from WUI Fuels},

author = {Mohammadhadi Hajilou, Steven Hu, Thomas Roche, Priya Garg \& Michael J. Gollner},

url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10694-021-01119-9

},

doi = {10.1007/s10694-021-01119-9},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-04-22},

journal = {Fire Technology},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Tao2020,

title = {Effect of firebrand size and geometry on heating from a smoldering pile under wind},

author = {Zhenxiang Tao, Bryce Bathras, Byoungchul Kwon, Ben Biallas, Michael Gollner, Rui Yang},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2020.103031},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-05-07},

journal = {Fire Safety Journal},

abstract = {Smoldering firebrands can be lofted over long distances, easily igniting spot fires. This poses a threat to structures in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), where wildland fires spread into and within communities. This study investigates the influence of firebrand size and makeup on heating from a pile to a recipient surface in a small-scale wind tunnel. Two sizes of fluted birch wooden pins and wooden discs, one size of cylindrical birch dowels, two lengths of eucalyptus sticks, and pine bark flakes were used to simulate firebrands; all with 4 g of smoldering brands deposited. The porosity of the different firebrand piles, the heat flux to an inert test surface, spatial measurements of surface temperature, and videos of the experiments were recorded and analyzed. It was found that the realistic fuels, i.e. pine bark and eucalyptus sticks, could achieve higher peak heat fluxes than artificial birch fuels at higher wind speeds …

},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {forthcoming},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Caton-Kerr2019,

title = {Firebrand Generation From Thermally-Degraded Cylindrical Wooden Dowels},

author = {Sara E Caton-Kerr and Ali Tohidi and Michael J Gollner},

doi = {10.3389/fmech.2019.00032},

issn = {2297-3079},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering},

volume = {5},

number = {June},

pages = {1--12},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}