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The picture shows the temperature and velocity field during the propagation of a wildfire. It was obtained from numerical
simulation using a multiphase formulation. This calculation was performed for a surface fire propagating through a Mediterranean
shrub with a wind velocity equal to 2m/s. The flow near the fire front is characterized by the formation of a column of hot gases at
the top of the burning zone (the plume) which deviates the wind flow and aspires fresh air at its base.
Contributed by
Prof. D. Morvan, Universite de la Mediterranee, Marseille, France.
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