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Fire technology

Journal Volume: 53
Journal Issue: 2
Journal Year: 2017
Articles in SafetyLit: 22

A review of pathways for building fire spread in the wildland urban interface Part II: Response of components and systems and mitigation strategies in the United States

A risk-based method of deriving design fires for evacuation safety in buildings

A study of the critical velocity of smoke bifurcation flow in tunnel with longitudinal ventilation

Analysis of fire hazard in campsite areas

Assessment of fire engineering design correlations used to describe the geometry and thermal characteristics of externally venting flames

Comparison of the combustion of pine species with two sizes of calorimeter: 10 g vs. 100 g

Delayed fracture of glass bulbs used in fire sprinklers

Ecosmart fire as structure ignition model in wildland urban interface: predictions and validations

Experimental studies on the effects of spacing on upward flame spread over thin PMMA

Experimental study on thermal buoyancy influence on the spill flame plume in dual-openings compartment fires

Fire resistance of unprotected ultra shallow floor beams (USFB): a numerical investigation

Fire safety in the readymade garment sector in Bangladesh: structural inadequacy versus management deficiency

Full-scale experimental investigation to quantify building component ignition vulnerability from mulch beds attacked by firebrand showers

Guidance for the model user on representing human behavior in egress models

How important is the time factor? Saving lives using fire and rescue services

Laboratory investigation of fire transfer from exterior wood decks to buildings in the wildland-urban interface

Movement on stairs during building evacuations

Review of pathways for building fire spread in the wildland urban interface Part I: Exposure conditions

Special section on structure ignition in wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires

Stainless steel plate girders subjected to shear buckling at normal and elevated temperatures

Tests on the steel-concrete bond strength in steel reinforced concrete (SRC) columns after fire exposure

The use of fractional factorial design for atrium fires prediction