Fire Engineering Projects

A combined analytical and experimental study was performed to produce and validate a method by which the lengths and widths of flames burning on wax ...

This work investigates the thermal transient response of different soils when exposed to intense heat flux. A special porous media code, TOUGH2, is applied for ...

This investigation provides a detailed analysis of the hydraulic analogue technique used as a predictive tool for understanding smoke detector response within a complex enclosure. ...

This study investigates the effects of heating on the transient behavior of the geologic media surrounding the tunnel involved in a severe fire, which typically ...

Title: AN ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS OF SPONTANEOUS IGNITION OF HYDROGEN JETS Analytical work is presented for the spontaneous ignition of a hydrogen jet emanating from a slot ...

A new scaling technique based on the hypothesis that flows in a compartment fire are buoyancy driven was introduced by Quintiere [4]. Based on this ...

Approximation methods exist to provide estimates of smoke detector response based on optical density, temperature rise, and gas velocity thresholds. The objective of this study ...

A Cone Calorimeter device has been used to measure the flammability properties of samples with different clay dispersion on the nanometer (molecular) scale. Specifically, chemical ...

The dispersions of smoke or hazardous materials during accidental releases are of concern in many practical applications. A technique combining salt-water modeling and Particle Image ...

Detailed characterization of spray behavior and its relationship to nozzle geometry, fluid properties, and injection characteristics is needed to advance water-based suppression technology and fire ...