2019 年 61 巻 196 号 p. 93-95
Large outdoor fires have been a significant problem all over the world for some time. This ‘FEATURE’ introduces s the role of combustion research in large outdoor fire problems. Although the fires themselves are large, the fundamental of fire spread remain the same as smaller fires; flame contact, radiation and firebrands. The attempts to understand large outdoor fires are introduced from four aspects; the firebrands, fire whirl, flame spread, and wildfire modeling from the combustion prospective.