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“Fractal Ellipsoid Fire” by Gardner




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Title:


    Fractal Ellipsoid Fire

Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Length:


    1:30

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Description:


    Grumman models fire with fractal ellipsoids. The Boise Interagency Fire Center is using the Grumman model ino training video for firefighters to illustrate rapid fire propagation in specific terrain configurations. Two excerpts are shown.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: SGI 40/25G
    SGI Personal IRIS

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Original FORTRAN


Additional Contributors:


    Bill Wertz, Jim Cook, Bob Kombitsch
    SPONSOR: Grumman Doto Systems

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