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Modelling and simulation of wildland fire in the framework of the level set method

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Among the modelling approaches that have been proposed for the simulation of wildfire propagation, two have gained considerable attention in recent years: the one based on a reaction-diffusion equation, and the one based on the level set method. These two approaches, traditionally seen in competition, do actually lead to similar equation models when the level set method is modified taking into account random effects as those due to turbulent hot air transport and fire spotting phenomena. The connection between these two approaches is here discussed and the application of the modified level set method to test cases of practical interest is shown.

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This research was supported by GNFM/INdAM Young Researchers Project 2015 ‘An Eulerian/Lagrangian model for combustion fronts’, by MINECO under Grant MTM2013-40824-P, by Bizkaia Talent and European Commission through COFUND programme under Grant AYD-000-226, by the Basque Government through the BERC 2014-2017 program, and by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness MINECO: BCAM Severo Ochoa accreditation SEV-2013-0323.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Alma Mater Research Center on Applied Mathematics (AM2), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Andrea Mentrelli

  2. Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

    Andrea Mentrelli & Gianni Pagnini

  3. Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

    Gianni Pagnini

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Mentrelli, A., Pagnini, G. Modelling and simulation of wildland fire in the framework of the level set method. Ricerche mat 65, 523–533 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11587-016-0272-1

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