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主办:应急管理部天津消防研究所
ISSN 1009-0029  CN 12-1311/TU

Fire Science and Technology ›› 2026, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (8): 115-122.doi: 10.20168/j.1009-0029.2026.08.0115.08

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Refined simulation analysis of forest fires based on digital twin technology

Song Yang1, Liu Zehong2   

  1. (1. Key Laboratory of Civil Aviation Thermal Hazards Prevention and Emergency Response, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China; 2. College of Safety Science and Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China)
  • Received:2025-05-09 Revised:2025-06-23 Online:2026-08-15 Published:2026-08-15

Abstract: Forest fires are major natural disasters worldwide, posing severe threats to the ecological environments, human lives and property. To address forest fires more effectively, this study introduces the concept of digital twins and employs the fire dynamic simulation software PyroSim, coupling five factors: ignition points, slope, wind speed, relative humidity and ambient temperature. A microscopic forest fire scenario in Pinus yunnanensis forests is constructed for refined simulations, aiming to investigate the influence of these factors on forest fire spread and to analyze the dynamics fire development process. A sliced dynamic simulation method is proposed to mitigate the lag issues in simulations under fixed environmental parameters and initial fire source conditions. The research results indicate that the digital twin-driven sliced dynamic simulation can reflect the actual behavioral characteristics of forest fires in a more realistic and efficient manner, thereby providing an important references for the study of forest fire suppression strategies.

Key words: digital twin, forest fire simulation, PyroSim, dynamic monitoring, virtual?real interaction