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Fire technology

Journal Volume: 52
Journal Issue: 5
Journal Year: 2016
Articles in SafetyLit: 21

A new methodology of design fires for train carriages based on exponential curve method

A saliency-based method for early smoke detection in video sequences

Analysis of the response of smoke detectors to smoldering fires and nuisance sources

Autonomous fire suppression system for use in high and low visibility environments by visual servoing

Detection and suppression of fires: a cornerstone of fire protection engineering

Development of a risk assessment method for life safety in case of fire in rail tunnels

Evacuation of a metro train in an underground rail transportation system: flow rate capacity of train exits, tunnel walking speeds and exit choice

Experimental and computational characterization of dynamic loading and structural resistance of tunnels in blast scenarios

Full scale firefighting tests in the Tistbrottet mine

Full-scale experiments of fire control and suppression in enclosed car parks: a comparison between sprinkler and water-mist systems

Full-scale fire test of an intercity train car

Ignition, heat release rate and suppression of elastomeric materials

Indirect detection of visual signals for emergency notification

Investigating the throttling effect in tunnel fires

Investigation of the thermal characteristics of a circular fusible-type sprinkler using the energy transport equation

Large scale tunnel fire tests with large droplet water-based fixed fire fighting system

Multi feature analysis of smoke in YUVcolor space for early forest fire detection

New challenges in tunnel fire safety

Photoacoustic compound fire alarm system for detecting particles and carbon monoxide in smoke

Quickblaze: early fire detection using a combined video processing approach

Smoke alarm nuisance source characterization: review and recommendations