Travel Support to Enhance Research Collaboration on Modeling of Fire Spread

加州大学河滨分校的Mahalingham教授开发了一个亚网格尺度模型，用于描述典型森林木材火灾中热解产生的气体混合物的燃烧。 该模型结合受控实验，为理解野火的蔓延提供了基础。同样，葡萄牙的科英布拉大学也在这一领域开展了一项积极的研究计划，葡萄牙研究人员最近访问了加州的实验室。 该奖项支持PI对葡萄牙进行短期访问，分享研究理念，以开展更积极的合作。加州和葡萄牙在过去一年都遭受了野火的严重破坏，两所大学（加州大学河滨分校和科英布拉）进行了研究，以更好地了解火灾蔓延和爆炸的机制。 这次访问不仅使PI能够分享他的想法和技术，而且还可以了解欧洲在这一领域的最新发展。更好地了解这些机制可以促进火灾控制，这是一个严重的社会问题。此外，预计这次访问将导致未来的合作，有可能让美国学生参与合作研究和交流。

Prof. Mahalingham at UC-Riverside has developed a subgrid-scale model for describing combustion of mixture of gases produced by pyrolysis in a typical forest wood fire. This model, combined with controlled experiments, provides a basis for understanding the spread of wildfires. Similarly, the University of Coimbra in Portugal has developed an active research program in this area, and Portuguese researchers recently visited the labs in California. This award supports a short visit by the PI to Portugal to share research ideas as to develop a more active collaboration.Both California and Portugal have suffered serious damage from wildfires in the past year, and the two universities (UC-Riverside and Coimbra) have undertaken research to understand better the mechanisms of fire spread and blow-up. The trip will not only enable the PI to share his ideas and techniques but also to gain access to recent European developments in this field. A better understand of these mechanism can promote control of fires, which are a serious social problem. Also, with the expectation that the visit will lead to future collaboration, there is potential to involve American students in cooperative research and exchanges.