Fire Tornados - How Jason Sharples used Maths to predict fire behaviour (157)

Firestorms attacked Australia's Capital City in 2003. Four people died. Dr Karl meets Prof Jason Sharples. His analysis has altered the world's understanding of fire. In certain conditions fires jump, dance and then go their own way .

https://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/our-people/associate-professor-jason-sharples
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier%E2%80%93Stokes_equations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H1eVy6O3Fo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Canberra_bushfire

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Fire Tornados - How Jason Sharples used Maths to predict fire behaviour (157)

Oct 27, 2019

Firestorms attacked Australia's Capital City in 2003. Four
people died. Dr Karl meets Prof Jason Sharples. His analysis has
altered the world's understanding of fire. In certain
conditions fires jump, dance and then go their own way .

https://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/our-people/associate-professor-jason-sharples

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier%E2%80%93Stokes_equations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H1eVy6O3Fo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Canberra_bushfire

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