• A Study Of Intermittent Convective Heating Effects On Fine Fuel Ignition 

  Benny, Lana (2019)

  Recent studies have suggested the potential importance of intermittent convective heating on the ignition of fine fuels during wildland fire spread. In this study, a novel pulsed-gas line burner similar to a Rubens' tube, ...

• Critical Ignition Conditions of Structural Materials by Cylindrical Firebrands 

  Salehizadeh, Hamed (2019)

  Smoldering firebrands (embers) are a major cause of ignition and eventual structural damage during wildfires at the wildland-urban interface (WUI). These small pieces of wood can loft several kilometers ahead of the main ...

• THE COMPARISON OF TOTAL AND PHASED EVACUATION STRATEGIES FOR A HIGH-RISE OFFICE BUILDING 

  Zhai, Luying (2019)

  This research work aims to explore the difference between total and phased evacuation strategies in high-rise office buildings and provide guidance on evacuation strategies for decision-makers in determining allowable ...

• VERIFICATION TESTS OF MASS CONSERVATION FOR FIREFOAM AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER'S GUIDE 

  Wu, Shiyun (2019)

  The objective of this study is to develop basic verification tests for FireFOAM, a large eddy simulation (LES) solver developed by FM Global for fire applications, and based on the general-purpose Computational Fluid ...

• The Scalability of Smoke Density and the Viability of New Detection Methods in Aircrafts 

  Chin, Selena K (2018)

  Fire detection is a topic of interest in aircraft applications, specifically cargo compartments, given the unique operating environment and accessibility challenges in the event of a fire. The use of unit loading devices ...

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