Research Article
The Transition and Spread of a Chaparral Crown Fire: Insights from Laboratory Scale Wind Tunnel Experiments
Table 2
Summary of results for the maximum values for each experimental category.
| Average from the maximum values in each experiment: |
| Wind condition | Wind at 1 m/s | No wind | Surface-to-crown | 0.6 m | 0.7 m | 0.6 m | 0.7 m |
| Flame height (cm) | 245 | 119 | 159 | 184 | Surface heat release rate (kW) | 74 | 67 | 42 | 35 | Crown heat release rate (kW) | 526 | 503 | 328 | 243 | Surface rate of spread (cm/s) | 2.70 | 1.70 | 1.12 | 0.91 | Crown rate of spread (cm/s) | 3.58 | 2.45 | 1.08 | 1.03 |
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