Research Article

multiPDEVS: A Parallel Multicomponent System Specification Formalism

Table 1

Nomenclature of fire spread model parameters [8].

ParameterDescription

(27°C)Ambient temperature
(300°C)Ignition temperature
(°C)Temperature
(m2 s−1)Thermal diffusivity
( °C kg−1)Reduced combustion enthalpy
Laplacian operator in two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates
(s−1)Combustion time constant
(kg m−2)Vegetable surface mass
(kg m−2)Initial vegetable surface mass (before combustion)
(s)Ignition time