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	<title>Projects, Dissertation, Thesis &#187; Fire Engineering</title>
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		<title>Analysis and Measurement of Candle Flame Shapes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 candles can be predicted. Two analogies are drawn: first, that heat transfer from the wick can be modeled as a slender vertical rod undergoing a natural convection process surrounded by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOIL RESPONSE TO INTENSE HEATING</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/soil-response-intense-heating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat flux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soil properties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tunnel fires]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 numerical analyses. Improvements are made to previous experimental facilities, and new experimental results are used to characterize the heat and mass transfer physics in the soil and verify simulations. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Predicting Smoke Detector Responce Using a Quantitative Salt-Water Modeling Technique</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoke detector]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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. There currently exists no collectively accepted method for predicting the response of smoke detectors; one of the most important elements in life safety. A quantitative technique has been developed using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extreme Geotechnical Response to High Heat From Tunnel Fires</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/heat-tunnel-fires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 involve extreme temperature and prolonged duration. Currently, there is little research being done in this area. An analytical model has been developed to predict the temperature rise of dry soil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPONTANEOUS IGNITION OF HYDROGEN JETS</title>
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		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/ignition-hydrogen-jets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hydrogen jets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 into air. A similarity solution of the flowfield was obtained. This was combined with the species and energy conservation equations, which were solved using activation energy asymptotics. Limits of spontaneous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCALE MODELING OF THE TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR OF HEAT FLUX IN ENCLOSURE FIRES</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/heat-flux-enclosure-fires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/heat-flux-enclosure-fires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat flux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sensor design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 hypothesis, scaling relations for convective and radiative heat transfer within compartment fires is presented. A technique to measure and differentiate convective and radiative heat flux in compartment fires is presented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evaluation of Smoke Detector Response Estimation Methods</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/smoke-detector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/smoke-detector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoke detector]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 was to assess the uncertainty associated with these estimation methods. Experimental data was used to evaluate recommended alarm thresholds and to quantify the associated error. With few exceptions, less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES OF CLAY-NYLON NANOCOMPOSITES</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/flammability-clay-nylon-nanocomposites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/flammability-clay-nylon-nanocomposites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cone calorimeter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat flux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanocomposite]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1904</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 energy release rate, mass loss rate, and time to ignite (melt and char also) are measured. Samples consisting of pure Nylon 6 and Nylon with nano-clay additives up to 5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind-Driven Plume Dispersion Near A Building</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/wind-driven-plume-dispersion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/wind-driven-plume-dispersion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire plumes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 Velocimetry (PIV) is developed to study the dispersion of a buoyant plume in a complex configuration. Salt-water modeling based on the analogy between salt-water flow and fire induced flow has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discharge Characteristics of Canonical Sprinkler Sprays</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/discharge-canonical-sprinkler-sprays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/discharge-canonical-sprinkler-sprays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sprinkler sprays]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 related computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools. In this study, a series of experiments have been conducted to measure discharge characteristics of sprays produced by basic injector configurations modeled after conventional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MODELING SOIL RESPONSE TO INTENSE HEATING FROM TUNNEL FIRES</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/soil-intense-heating-tunnel-fires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/soil-intense-heating-tunnel-fires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tunnel fires]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This study investigates the response of saturated soils to intense heating from tunnel fires by numerical simulation. A general purpose commercial CFD code, FLUENT and a special porous media code, TOUGH2, are used. The conservation equations for porous media in each program are discussed and the numerical models are established. Two-dimensional simulations for the saturated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thin-Filament Pyrometry with a Digital Still Camera</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/thin-filament-pyrometry-camera/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/thin-filament-pyrometry-camera/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electron microscopy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A novel thin-filament pyrometer is presented here. It involves a consumer-grade color digital still camera with a charged-couple device sensor with 3008 X 2000 pixels and 12 bits per color plane. A blue Schott filter and custom white balance were used to yield similar red, green and blue intensities along the fibers. SiCO fibers with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atomization Model Development for Fire Suppression Devices</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/fire-suppression-devices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/fire-suppression-devices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire suppression systems]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The performance of water-based fire suppression systems is governed by the dispersion of the droplets in the spray. Characterization of the spray is essential for predicting and evaluating the performance of these suppression systems. The accuracy of the spray characterization is quite sensitive to the initial spray specification when using particle tracking method to model [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Large-eddy Simulation of Variable Density Flows</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/large-eddy-simulation-variable-density-flows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/large-eddy-simulation-variable-density-flows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 11:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A fully compressible direct numerical simulation flow and combustion solver (S3D) is modified and turned into a Large-eddy simulation (LES) solver. In this study, Favre-averaged governing equations are formulated first, supplemented with the classical Smagorinsky model and the dynamic procedure. To simulate low-Mach number flows, the speed of sound is artificially reduced while preserving the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flame Extinction and Air Vitiation Effects In FDS In Poorly Ventilated Compartment Fires</title>
		<link>http://www.projectsparadise.com/poorly-ventilated-compartment-fires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectsparadise.com/poorly-ventilated-compartment-fires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 09:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fire Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire dynamics simulator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flame quenching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projectsparadise.com/?p=1901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Compartment fires with different ventilation conditions exhibit different dynamical behaviors, ranging from steady fuel-limited fires to unsteady air-limited fires. Numerical simulations are here performed to study compartment fires in a configuration corresponding to a scaled-down model developed at University of Maryland, in which experimental data are available. The simulations use Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) developed [...]]]></description>
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