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Iterative solution of the radiation transport equations governing spread of fire in wildland fuel

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Published in Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 71–82, September–October, 1996.

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Albini, F.A. Iterative solution of the radiation transport equations governing spread of fire in wildland fuel. Combust Explos Shock Waves 32, 534–543 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01998575

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