Essays about: "Fire safety engineering"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 96 essays containing the words Fire safety engineering.

  1. 21. Requirements for Modelling WUI Fire Evacuation by Unconventional Means

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Rona Tyler; [2021]
    Keywords : WUI fire; evacuation modelling; wildfire; evacuation; traffic modelling; pedestrian modelling; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Wildfires pose a significant safety issue, especially when they interact with urban areas, known as wildland urban interface (WUI) fires. As wildfire numbers are rising and developments near wildlands are increasing, there is an increased need to model all types of evacuation in order to prepare and inform evacuating authorities and evacuees. READ MORE

  2. 22. Performance of joints for glued laminated timber exposed to the ISO fire temperature curve

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Jesus Gil; [2021]
    Keywords : Glued laminated Timber; Structural fire engineering; Fire performance; standard ISO fire curve; Joints; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : As society becomes more ecologically conscious there is a push toward the use of materials with a smaller environmental burden, one of these materials is glulam (GLT), which has gained a lot of traction in recent years not only for ecological reasons but for its ease in manufacture, transport, noise dampening, etc. The focus of this project was to evaluate the influence of different joint configurations on the fire performance of glulam members. READ MORE

  3. 23. A Comparison between the Wickström Compartment Fire Model with Experiments and other Calculation Methods

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Byggkonstruktion och brand

    Author : Anna Pettersson; Carolina Puga Staffan; [2021]
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    Abstract : An Excel spreadsheet application has been developed for calculating pre-flashover compartment fire temperature according to the method described in the book ”Temperature Calculation in Fire Safety Engineering” written by Wickström 2016. Here called the Wickström Compartment Fire Model, WCFM, which is a model where the surrounding structure can be assumed either as lumped heat or as semi-infinite. READ MORE

  4. 24. Testing the wildland urban interface fire evacuation tool WUI-NITY: A case study of a rural community

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Afroza Mallick; [2021]
    Keywords : WUI-NITY; fire evacuation tool; evacuation; wildland-urban interface.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis makes use of a freely available platform based on multi-physics simulations, named WUI-NITY, to model WUI fire evacuation. This simulation platform includes three sub-models addressing fire spread, pedestrian movement and traffic movement allowing the representation of their interaction to produce outputs useful for dynamic vulnerability assessment. READ MORE

  5. 25. Investigating the use of radiative heat panels to enhance perceived threat of fire in VR

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Anton Blomander; [2020]
    Keywords : Virtual reality; Fire safety; Radiative heat; Human behavior; Head mounted displays; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The purpose of this report was to develop and evaluate new solutions to improve the perception of fire threat in virtual reality experiments. Thermal heat have been identified as a stimulus that modern day virtual reality experiments don’t take into account that would likely affect a person in a real life fire evacuation scenario. READ MORE