Fuel moisture model

Ritambhara Dubey

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Jun 9, 2021, 11:52:55 AM6/9/21

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Hello everyone,

In FDS we can provide a value of moisture content for different types of vegetation (fuel). Is there any model available that calculates the fuel moisture with varying atmospheric condition?

Randy McDermott

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Jun 9, 2021, 12:01:47 PM6/9/21

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I Googled "fuel moisture model based on atmospheric humidity" and had several papers pop up that looked promising. I think this is very much an active area of research.

On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 11:52 AM Ritambhara Dubey <dubeyrit...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello everyone,

In FDS we can provide a value of moisture content for different types of vegetation (fuel). Is there any model available that calculates the fuel moisture with varying atmospheric condition?

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Ritambhara Dubey

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Jun 9, 2021, 12:10:37 PM6/9/21

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Hey Randy,

Thank you for your response. Yes, there are several models for it but does FDS has any of this model incorporated, that I can use?

Randy McDermott

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Jun 9, 2021, 12:20:09 PM6/9/21

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No. You need to manually specify the fuel moisture content.

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Ritambhara Dubey

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Jun 9, 2021, 12:37:17 PM6/9/21

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Thank you Randy!

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