This paper adds vortex flows around Burke–Schumann diffusion flames to predict the flame
heights and the flame shapes of small fire whirls. The resulting model matches the …

This paper discusses why the visibly-determined flame length of a weak fire whirl increases
as compared with the corresponding pool fire without spin. Here, a fire whirl is called weak …

This paper reports the results of experimental investigations on laboratory-scale fire whirls.
Fixed-frame type fire whirls of methanol pool were generated and tangential and radial …

We conducted a series of laboratory-scale fire whirl experiments spinning 5-cm-diameter
methanol pool fires and observed elongated flame height compared with the pool fire …

The medium-scale fire whirl was extensively investigated by experimental means, in order to
establish correlations of the burning rate, flame height and flame temperature of fire whirl …

A striking feature of fire whirls is that they tend to have higher mean flame heights than free
buoyant pool fires at the same heat release rates, which has been extensively studied in the …

In this paper, the effect of flow circulation on the combustion dynamics of fire whirl is
systematically investigated by experiments. New correlations for the burning rate, flame …

Fire whirls occur occasionally in wild land fires and large scale urban fires. When a fire whirl
occurs, the height of flame increases significantly and the fire damages could become more …

In this paper, we use numerical simulation and laboratory experimental observation to show
that fire whirls can be generated spontaneously through the interaction between a central …

This paper presents the first experimental effort to explore the large scale 3-D flame
instabilities of fire whirls, including the inclined flame revolution during the transition from a …