Season 2 · Episode 32
Fire Tornados - How Jason Sharples used Maths to predict fire behaviour (157)
Shirtloads of Science · Karl Kruszelnicki
October 27, 201922m 43s
Show Notes
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