Recent Submissions

• Direct flame contact 

  Pastor Ferrer, Elsa (Springer, Charm, 2019-04-15)
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  Direct flame contact is one of the three structure ignition pathways, together with firebrands and radiant heat. Direct flame contact refers to flames impinging on building systems and materials. It may come either from ...
• BLEVE -Fireball 

  Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia; Casal Fàbrega, Joaquim (WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2015)
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  The BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion) can occur with almost any liquid contained in a closed vessel, at a temperature well above its boiling point at atmospheric pressure. If the vessel fails, the vapor will ...
• Evidence-Based Monitoring for Sustainable Development of Port and Chain Operations 

  Tselentis, Vasilis; Michail, Antonis; Darbra Roman, Rosa Maria; Puig Duran, Martí; Wooldridge, Chris (2015-04-30)
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• Short term forecasting of large scale wind-driven wildfires using thermal imaging and inverse modelling techniques 

  Rios Rubiras, Oriol; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa; Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia (Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2014-10-31)
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  A key factor in decision-making process during a wildfire incident is counting on the forecast of how the fire is likely to behave in different fuels, weather conditions and terrain. Wildfire models and simulators attempt ...
• The Ebro river basin 

  Darbra Roman, Rosa Maria (2011-01-10)
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  River basins worldwide are under pressure from economic activities. In Europe, the two main factors hindering the achievement of good chemical and ecological status of European river basins are pollution, mainly coming ...