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Topics and Papers to be Presented at the 9th International IAFSS Symposium |
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| Compartment Fires |
| Tensei Mizukami, Yungyong Utiskul And James Quintiere |
A Compartment burning rate model for various fuel types and scales |
| Yunyong Utiskul |
An Application of Mass Loss Rate Model with Fuel Response Effects in Fully-Developed Compartment Fires |
| Sebastian Ukleja, Michael A. Delichatsios, Mary M. Delichatsios And Yee-Ping Lee |
Carbon monoxide and smoke production downstream of a compartment for underventilated fires |
| Yaping He, Chris Jamieson, Alan Jeary And Jian Wang |
Effect of Computation Domain on Simulation of Small Compartment Fires |
| Stephane Melis And Laurent Audouin |
Effects of vitiation on the heat release rate in mechanically-ventilated compartment fires |
| William Le Saux, Hugues Pretrel, Caroline Lucchesi And Pascal Guillou |
Experimental study of the fire mass loss rate in confined and mechanically ventilated multi-room scenarios |
| Haixiang Chen And Naian Liu |
Experimental study on cross-ventilation compartment fire in the wind environment |
| Brian Lattimer |
Flame Entrainment and Its Application to Compartment Fires |
| Andrew Lock, Gwon Hyun Ko, Matthew Bundy, Erik Johnsson And Anthony Hamins |
Measurements in Standard Room Scale Fires |
| Mariano Lazaro, Havard Bohmer, Daniel Alvear, Jorge Capote And Arnaud Trouve |
Numerical Simulation of Fire Growth, Transition to Flashover, and Post-Flashover Dynamics in the Dalmarnock Fire Test |
| Sung-Han Koo, Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell, Rochan Upadhyay And Stephen Welch |
Sensor-linked fire simulation using a Monte-Carlo approach |
| Jian Gong And Yuguo Li |
Solution Multiplicity of Smoke Flows in a Simple Building |
| Wolfram Jahn, Guillermo Rein And Jose L. Torero |
The Effect of Model Parameters on the Simulation of Fire Dynamics |
| Jason Floyd And Kevin Mcgrattan |
Validation of A CFD Fire Model Using Two Step Combustion Chemistry Using the NIST Reduced-Scale Ventilation-Limited Compartment Data |
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| Detection |
| Judith Schulz, Martin Feeney And Jim Clarke |
Case Study - Special Design of Smoke Detection System in a Mental Health Facility in New Zealand |
| Qiyuan Xie And Heping Zhang |
Experimental Studies on Stokes Scattering Matrix by Smoke Particles |
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| Evacuation and Human Behavior |
| Tomoaki Nishino, Shinichi Tsuburaya, Keisuke Himoto And Takeyoshi Tanaka |
A Study on the Estimation of the Evacuation Behaviors of Tokyo City Residents in the Kanto Earthquake Fire |
| Tuomo Rinne, Simo Hostikka, Tuomas Paloposki, Timo Korhonen, Juha-Matti Saari And Simo Heliövaara |
Application of RFID and Video Imaging on Evacuation Observations in Offices and Public Buildings |
| Yuki Akizuki, Takeyoshi Tanaka And Kohei Yamao |
Calculation Model for Travel Speed and Psychological State in Escape Route considering Luminous Condition, Smoke Density and Evacuee?s Visual Acuity |
| David Purser |
Dependence of modelled evacuation times on key parameters and interactions |
| Steven Gwynne |
Developing Inclusive Emergency Procedures |
| Daniel Nilsson, Håkan Frantzich And Wendy Saunders |
Influencing Exit Choice in the Event of a Fire Evacuation |
| Than Singh Sharma, Yaping He And Mahen Mahendran |
Lifts for Emergency Evacuation in Apartment Buildings |
| Ai Sekizawa, Shuji Kakegawa. And Manabu Ebihara |
Review of A Real Multi-story Store Fire by Applying Evacuation and Smoke Movement Interactive Simulation Model |
| Lazaros Filippidis, Peter Lawrence, Edwin Galea And Darren Blackshields |
Simulating the Interaction of Occupants with Signage Systems |
| Ian Thomas And Dorothy Bruck |
Strobe Lights, Pillow Shakers and Bed Shakers as Smoke Alarm Signals |
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| Fire Chemistry |
| Hubert Biteau, Thomas Steinhaus, Albert Simeoni, Jose L. Torero, Christopher Schemel And Nicolas Bal |
Calculation Methods for the Heat Release Rate of Materials of Unknown Composition |
| David Purser And Jenny Purser |
HCN yields and fate of fuel nitrogen for materials under different combustion conditions in the ISO 19700 tube furnace and large -scale fires |
| Nigel Tame, Bogdan Dlugogorski And Eric Kennedy |
PCDD/F Formation from Heterogeneous Oxidation of Wood Pyrolysates |
| Archibald Tewarson |
Smoke Emissions in Fires |
| Virginie Tihay, Albert Simeoni And Paul Antoine Santoni |
Testing of different skeletal and global mechanisms for modeling combustion of degradation gases involved in wildland fire |
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| Flame Spread |
| Eugenio Oñate, Riccardo Rossi And Sergio R. Idelsohn |
Prediction of Melt Flow and Flame Spread of Thermoplastic Objects with the Particle Finite Element Method |
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| Flames and Fire Dynamics |
| Roger Harrison And Michael Spearpoint |
Characterisation of Balcony Spill Plume Entrainment using Physical Scale Modelling |
| Paul Richards, Charles Fleischmann And Michael Spearpoint |
Design Fires for Deliberately Lit Fire Scenarios in which Petrol is used as the Accelerant |
| Akito Yanagisawa, Goto Daisuke, Yoshifumi Ohmiya, Michael Delichatsios, Yee-Ping Lee And Kaoru Wakatsuki |
Effect of an Opposite Wall on Façade Flames |
| Jesse Lozano, Watcharapong Tachajapong, Hansheng Pan, Aaron Swanson, Christopher Kelley, Marko Princevac And Shankar Mahalingam |
Experimental Investigation of the Velocity Field in a Controlled Wind-aided Propagating Fire Using Particle Image Velocimetry |
| Alexander L. Brown, Kevin J. Dowding, Vernon F. Nicolette And Thomas K. Blanchat |
Fire Model Validation for Gas Temperatures and Radiative/Convective Partitioned Heat Flux |
| Yee-Ping Lee, Michael Delichatsios And G.W.H. Silcock |
Heat Flux Distribution And Flame Shapes On The Inert Facade |
| Thomas Blanchat And Victor Figueroa |
Large-Scale Open Pool Experimental Data and Analysis for Fire Model Validation and Development |
| Hu Zhixin And Arnaud Trouve |
Numerical Simulation of Explosive Combustion Following Ignition of a Fuel Vapor Cloud |
| Daniel Gottuk, Christopher Mealy And Jason Floyd |
Smoke Transport and FDS Validation |
| Tarek Beji, Jianping Zhang And Michael Delichatsios |
Soot Formation and Oxidation in Fires from Laminar Smoke Point Measurements |
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| Ignition |
| Murray Height, Bogdan Dlugogorski And Eric Kennedy |
An experimental study of the lower flammability limit of LPG/halocarbon mixtures using the tubular burner apparatus |
| Yulianto Sulistyo Nugroho, Rudy Rustyady Rustam, Iman And Muksin Saleh |
Effect of Humidity on Self-heating of a Sub-bituminous Coal under Adiabatic Conditions |
| Mohammed M. Khan, John L. De Ris And Steve D. Ogden |
Effect of Moisture on Ignition Time of Cellulosic Materials |
| Hong-Zeng Yu, Xiangyang Zhou And Benjamin Ditch |
Experimental Validation of Froude-Modeling-Based Physical Scaling of Water Mist Cooling of Enclosure Fires |
| Samuel Manzello, John Shields, Yoshihiko Hayashi And Daisaku Nii |
Investigating the Vulnerabilities of Structures to Ignition From a Firebrand Attack |
| J.H. Swann, J.R. Hartman And C.L. Beyler |
Study of Radiant Smoldering Ignition of Plywood Subjected to Prolonged Heating Using the Cone Calorimeter, TGA, and DSC |
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| Material Burning |
| Anna Matala, Simo Hostikka And Johan Mangs |
Estimation of pyrolysis model parameters for solid materials using thermogravimetric data |
| Marcus Malow And Ulrich Krause |
Smouldering combustion of solid bulk materials at different volume fractions of oxygen in the surrounding gas |
| Chris Lautenberger, Esther Kim, Nicholas Dembsey And Carlos Fernandez-Pello |
The Role of Decomposition Kinetics in Pyrolysis Modeling ? Application to a Fire Retardant Polyester Composite |
| Stanislav Stoliarov And Richard Lyon |
Thermo-Kinetic Model of Burning |
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| Measurement and Test Methods |
| Ulf Wickström |
Adiabatic Surface Temperature and the Plate Thermometer for Calculating Heat Transfer and Controlling Fire Resistance Furnaces |
| Marc Janssens, Jason Huczek And Anthony Sauceda |
Development of a Model of the ASTM E 84 Steiner Tunnel Test |
| Jianping Zhang, Michael Delichatsios, Mitthieu Colobert, Johan Hereid, Martin Hagen And Dimitrios Bakirtzis |
Experimental And Numerical Investigations Of Heat Impact And Flame Heights From Fires In SBI Tests |
| Samorn Hirunpraditkoon, Bogdan Dlugogorski And Eric Kennedy |
Fire Properties of Refuse Derived Fuels: Measurements of Temperature Profiles and Mass Loss |
| Francois-Xavier Ouf, Alexis Coppalle, Jérome Yon And Jacques Vendel |
Measurement Of The Mass Specific Extinction Coefficient Of Acetylene, Toluene And Polymethyl Methacrylate Soot Particles In Visible And Near-Infrared Wavelengths |
| Nathan Marsh, Richard Gann, Jason Averill And Marc Nyden |
Sensitivity of a Smoke Toxicity Test Method to Test Conditions |
| Prateep Chatterjee, John L. De Ris, Mohammed M. Khan And Stephen P. D'Aniello |
Sustained Burning of Water-based Paint Sprays |
| Benjamin Ditch And Hong-Zeng Yu |
Water Mist Spray Characterization and Its Proper Application for Numerical Simulations |
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| Other Topics and Special Applications |
| Iain Sanderson, Tony Kilpatrick And Jose Torrero |
A Comparative Analysis of the Use of Different Zone Models to Predict the Mass Smoke Flow for Axisymetric and Spill Plumes |
| Yang Dong, Huo Ran, Li Sicheng And Hu Longhua |
A Fire Zone Model Concerning Cooling effects on smoke layer with sprinkler spray |
| Suresh Kumar, Philip Thomas And Geoff Cox |
A Novel Analytical Approach for Characterising Air Entrainment into a Balcony Spill Plume |
| Brian Meacham And Joseph Sarkis |
Adaptive Management in Fire Regulation and Emergency Response |
| Rochan Upadhyay, Gavin Pringle, George Beckett, Stephen Potter, Liangxiu Han, Stephen Welch, Asif Usmani And Jose Torero |
An Architecture for an Integrated Fire Emergency Response System for the Built Environment |
| Simo Hostikka, Johan Mangs And Esko Mikkola |
Comparison of two and three dimensional simulations of fires at wildland urban interface |
| Edwin Galea, Zhaozhi Wang, Anand Veeraswamy, Fuchen Jia, Peter Lawrence And John Ewer |
Coupled Fire/Evacuation Analysis of the Station Nightclub Fire |
| George Hadjisophocleous |
Development of Design Fires for Performance-Based Fire Safety Designs |
| Siew Mei Lim And Michael Yit Lin Chew |
Evaporation modelling for low-temperature, long-term exposure of wood under isothermal heating |
| C. Regis Bauwens, Jeff Chaffee And Sergey Dorofeev |
Experimental and Numerical Study of Methane-air Deflagrations in a Vented Enclosure |
| Reinhard Grabski |
Fire Safety Science in Germany: A status report about research activities and requirements |
| Ali Rangwala |
Flame Spread Analysis Using a Variable B-Number |
| Rory Hadden, Fredddy Jervis And Guillermo Rein |
Investigation of the Fertilizer Fire aboard the Ostedijk |
| Markus Knobloch |
Local buckling behavior of steel sections subjected to fire |
| Andrew Lock And Francine Amon |
Measurement of the Nonuniformity of First Responder Thermal Imaging Cameras |
| Kotaro Nitta, Yasushi Oka, Jun'Ichi Yamaguchi, Ko Muraoka And Ryohei Mase |
Prediction for heat release rate based on ceiling jet temperature in case of time-dependent fire |
| Nele Tilley And Bart Merci |
Relation between horizontal ventilation velocity and backlayering distance in large closed car parks |
| Vytenis Babrauskas |
Research on Electrical Fires: The State of the Art |
| Keisuke Himoto, Yasuo Akimoto, Akihiko Hokugo And Takeyoshi Tanaka |
Risk and Behavior of Fire Spread in A Densely-built Urban Area |
| Takeyoshi Tanaka |
Risk-Based Selection of Design Fires to ensure an Acceptable Level of Evacuation Safety |
| Johannes Dimyadi, Michael Spearpoint And Robert Amor |
Sharing Building Information using the IFC Data Model for FDS Fire Simulation |
| Junqi Ye And Lizhong Yang |
Simulating Gravity Current Based on the Application of the Thermal Lattice Boltzmann Method |
| Siaka Dembele, Ricardo Rosario, Jennifer Wen, Paul Warren And Stuart Dale |
Simulation of Glazing Behavior in Fires using Computational Fluids Dynamics and Spectral Radiation Modeling |
| Haukur Ingason |
State of the Art of Tunnel Fire Research |
| S.C. Li, D. Yang And R. Huo |
Studies of Cooling Effects of Sprinkler Spray on Smoke Layer |
| Andy Buchanan |
The Challenges Of Predicting Structural Performance In Fires |
| Anders Lönnermarkd And Haukur Ingason |
The Effect of Air Velocity on Heat Release Rate and Fire Development during Fires in Tunnels |
| Keichi Suzuki |
Tunnel Fire Simulation Model With Multi-Layer Zone Concept |
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| Statistics, Probability, and Risk Analysis |
| Bödvar Tomasson, Jens Bengtsson, Dadi Thorsteinsson And Björn Karlsson |
A probabilistic risk analysis methodology for high-rise buildings taking into account fire department intervention time |
| Wei-Wen Tseng, Shen-Wen Chien And Tzu-Sheng Shen |
Comparative Analysis of Fire Risk in Asia/Oceania Countries and Other Countries around the World |
| Michael Hasofer And Ian Thomas |
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF A FIRE SAFETY SYSTEM BASED ON THE LIFE QUALITY INDEX |
| Gang Li, Chunmiao Yuan, Peihong Zhang And Baozhi Chen |
Experiment-based fire risk analysis and prevention for magnesium powder producing crafts |
| Yutaka Kobayashi |
Factors Determining Probability of Exceedance of Area Damaged by Flame |
| Christophe Thauvoye, Bin Zhao, Jochen Klein And Mario Fontana |
Fire Load Survey and Statistical Analysis |
| Dorothy Bruck And Ian Thomas |
Towards a better smoke alarm signal - an evidence based approach |
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| Structural Fire Performance |
| David Lange And Asif Usmani |
Collapse of tall buildings in multi-storey fires |
| Faris Ali, Ali Nadjai And Abid Abu-Tair |
Experimental and Numerical Study on Performance of Concrete Slabs Subjected to Severe Fire |
| Andrea Frangi, Mario Fontana, Markus Knobloch And Giovanna Bochicchio |
Fire behaviour of cross-laminated solid timber panels |
| Kuldeep Prasad, Anthony Hamins, Therese Mcallister And John Gross |
Fire Induced Thermal and Structural Response of the World Trade Center Towers. |
| Stephen Welch, Stewart Miles, Suresh Kumar, Tony Lemaire And Alan Chan |
FIRESTRUC - Integrating advanced three-dimensional modelling methodologies for predicting thermo-mechanical behaviour of steel and composite structures subjected to natural fires |
| Yuli Dong And Kuldeep Prasad |
Large Scale Experiments on the Response of a Two-story Composite Steel Frame under Fire Loading |
| Steven T. Craft, Burkan Isgor, James R. Mehaffey And George Hadjisophocleous |
Modelling Heat And Mass Transfer In Wood-Frame Floor Assemblies Exposed To Fire |
| Quan Shao, Wenguo Weng, Xueming Shu And Hongyong Yuan |
Study on Heat Resistance and Water Protection Effectiveness for Large Single-pane Fireproof Glass |
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| Suppression |
| Xiaomin Ni, Kaiqian Kuang And Guangxuan Liao |
A New Type of BTP/Zeolites Nanocomposites as Mixed-Phase Fire Suppressant: Preparation,Characterization and Extinguishing Mechanism Discussion |
| William M. Pitts, Jiann C. Yang, Rodney A. Bryant And Linda G. Blevins |
An Investigation of Extinguishment by Thermal Agents Using Detailed Chemical Modeling of Opposed Jet Diffusion Flames |
| Yibing Xin And Francesco Tamanini |
Assessment of Commodity Classification for Sprinkler Protection Using Representative Fuels |
| Soonil Nam |
Design of Dry Pipe Sprinkler Systems to Meet the Water Delivery Time Restriction in Industrial Freezers |
| Jun Xia, Kai Luo And Suresh Kumar |
Dynamic Interactions between a Buoyant Reacting Plume and Evaporating Droplets |
| Jiann C. Yang, William M. Pitts And Marcia L. Huber |
Enhanced Effectiveness of Liquid Thermal Fire Extinguishing Agents |
| Khalid Moinuddin, Ian Thomas And Samina Chea |
Estimating the Reliability of Sprinkler Systems in Australian High-rise Office Buildings |
| Jennifer Wen, Manjiang Yang, Vincent Tam And Siaka Dembele |
Numerical Investigation on the Effectiveness of Water Curtains in Providing Cooling and Smoke Dilution and the Effect of Water Deluge on Radiation Attenuation |
| L. W. Pan, Q. W. Li, S. M. Lo, J. Qin And G. X. Liao |
Preliminary Experimental Study and CFD Simulation of Suppressing Spray Asphalt Fire with Water Mist in a Confined Space |
| Ning Ren, Andrew Blum, Ying-Hui Zheng, Chi Do And Andre Marshall |
Quantifying the Initial Spray from Fire Sprinklers |
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| Toxic Hazard |
| Anna A Stec, T Richard Hull, Jenny A Purser, Per Blomqvist And Krzysztof Lebek |
A Comparison of Toxic Product Yields Obtained From Five Laboratories Using the Steady State Tube Furnace (ISO TS 19700) |
| T Richard Hull, Anna A Stec And Keith T Paul |
Hydrogen Chloride in Fires |
| Richard Gann |
On the Inclusion of Toxic Potency in Product Flammability |
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