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Journal articleAyala P, Cantizano A, Gutierrez-Montes C, et al., 2013,
Influence of atrium roof geometries on the numerical predictions of fire tests under natural ventilation conditions
, ENERGY AND BUILDINGS, Vol: 65, Pages: 382-390, ISSN: 0378-7788- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 29
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Journal articleBal N, Rein G, 2013,
Relevant model complexity for non-charring polymer pyrolysis
, FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL, Vol: 61, Pages: 36-44, ISSN: 0379-7112- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 44
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Conference paperRein G, 2013,
9/11 World Trade Center Attacks: Lessons in Fire Safety Engineering After the Collapse of the Towers
, Publisher: SPRINGER, Pages: 583-585, ISSN: 0015-2684- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 4
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Journal articleBal N, Raynard J, Rein G, et al., 2013,
Experimental study of radiative heat transfer in a translucent fuel sample exposed to different spectral sources
, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, Vol: 61, Pages: 742-748, ISSN: 0017-9310- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 23
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Book chapterRein G, 2013,
Smouldering Fires and Natural Fuels
, Fire Phenomena and the Earth System: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Fire Science, Pages: 15-33This chapter argues that smouldering combustion leads to megafires as measured in terms of the total organic material consumed. The chapter reviews the current knowledge on smouldering fires in the Earth system regarding combustion dynamics and chemistry, while highlighting differences with flaming fires. It shows that smouldering combustion of natural ground fuels, like peatlands, leads to the largest and longest burning fires on Earth, and shows that they create a positive feedback mechanism to climate change. It is therefore absolutely crucial for us to expand our limited knowledge of not only flaming, but also particularly of smouldering fires. Flaming wildfires have received much more attention than smouldering fires hitherto; this chapter aims at reversing that trend and contributing new forward-looking ideas to the important study of flameless fires. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Citations: 167
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Journal articleJiang Y, Rein G, Welch S, et al., 2013,
Modeling fire-induced radiative heat transfer in smoke-filled structural cavities
, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCES, Vol: 66, Pages: 24-33, ISSN: 1290-0729- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 3
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Journal articleHadden RM, Rein G, Belcher CM, 2013,
Study of the competing chemical reactions in the initiation and spread of smouldering combustion in peat
, PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, Vol: 34, Pages: 2547-2553, ISSN: 1540-7489- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 79
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Book chapterTorrance KW, Rein G, Switzer C, et al., 2013,
Self-Sustained Smoldering Combustion of a Coal-Waste Heap in Central Scotland
, COAL AND PEAT FIRES: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, VOL 2: PHOTOGRAPHS AND MULTIMEDIA TOURS, Editors: Stracher, Prakash, Sokol, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 395-405, ISBN: 978-0-44-459412-9- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 1
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Conference paperJiang Y, Kotsovinos P, Usmani A, et al., 2013,
Numerical investigation of thermal responses of a composite structure in horizontally travelling fires using OpenSees
, 9th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 736-744, ISSN: 1877-7058- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 6
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Journal articleCarvel R, Colella F, Rein G, 2012,
Using active systems to control tunnel fire events
, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering and Computational Mechanics, Vol: 165, Pages: 245-252, ISSN: 1755-0777Catastrophic tunnel fires are rare events, but often with large economic impacts. Current fire safety strategies for fire events in tunnels are generally designed on the basis of a large fire, overlooking the fact that every large fire starts as a small fire and some small fires may be controlled. This paper looks at ventilation and suppression systems and the extent to which these systems can control fire behaviour at each stage in the fire growth chain. Informed implementation of ventilation systems in the early and growth stages of a fire can significantly decrease the rate of fire growth, while careless use of ventilation may lead to rapid fire growth. Suppression systems are generally able to slow the rate of growth of a fire but, in many instances, it is not possible to reduce the size of a fire using such systems, even if they do generally prevent fire spread to adjacent vehicles. It is proposed that for maximum fire control during an incident in a tunnel, ventilation systems are used carefully in the initial stages of a fire, while suppression systems, if available, may be used in the rapid growth phase. The proposed fire control measures may rely on a level of detection and monitoring that is not currently possible in tunnels, but which should be available in the foreseeable future.
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Journal articleStern-Gottfried J, Rein G, 2012,
Travelling fires for structural design–Part I: Literature review
, Fire Safety Journal, Vol: 54, Pages: 74-85, ISSN: 0379-7112 -
Journal articleStern-Gottfried J, Rein G, 2012,
Travelling fires for structural design-Part II: Design methodology
, Fire Safety Journal, Vol: 54, Pages: 96-112, ISSN: 0379-7112 -
Journal articleMacPhee SL, Gerhard JI, Rein G, 2012,
A novel method for simulating smoldering propagation and its application to STAR (Self-sustaining Treatment for Active Remediation)
, ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE, Vol: 31, Pages: 84-98, ISSN: 1364-8152- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 16
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Journal articleJahn W, Rein G, Torero JL, 2012,
Forecasting fire dynamics using inverse computational fluid dynamics and tangent linearisation
, ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING SOFTWARE, Vol: 47, Pages: 114-126, ISSN: 0965-9978- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 29
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Journal articleCancellieri D, Leroy-Cancellieri V, Leoni E, et al., 2012,
Kinetic investigation on the smouldering combustion of boreal peat
, FUEL, Vol: 93, Pages: 479-485, ISSN: 0016-2361- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 25
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Journal articleFilkov AI, Kuzin AY, Sharypov OV, et al., 2012,
Comparative Study To Evaluate the Drying Kinetics of Boreal Peats from Micro to Macro Scales
, ENERGY & FUELS, Vol: 26, Pages: 349-356, ISSN: 0887-0624- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 6
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Journal articleHadden R, Alkatib A, Rein G, et al., 2012,
Radiant Ignition of Polyurethane Foam: The Effect of Sample Size
, Fire Technology, Pages: 1-19, ISSN: 0015-2684 -
Journal articleColella F, Rein G, Verda V, et al., 2011,
Multiscale modeling of transient flows from fire and ventilation in long tunnels
, COMPUTERS & FLUIDS, Vol: 51, Pages: 16-29, ISSN: 0045-7930- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 53
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Conference paperGirods P, Bal N, Biteau H, et al., 2011,
Comparison of pyrolysis behaviour results between the cone calorimeter and the fire propagation apparatus heat sources
, Pages: 889-901, ISSN: 1817-4299The cone calorimeter and the fire propagation apparatus (FPA) are often used to carry out flammability studies of materials. There are various differences in the set-up of these two devices that could lead to different fire behaviour for the same material. Among these, the impact of the different heat sources used is studied here. The cone calorimeter employs an electrical cone heater and the FPA uses tungsten lamps to radiate a given heat flux level to the sample. Experiments are conducted in the FPA set-up using a conical heater or tungsten lamps as the heat source with clear PMMA and wood samples. Mass loss and temperature measurements are taken during the tests, and the bubble layer depth is measured after the tests. Significant differences in pyrolysis behaviour of both samples between the cone calorimeter and the FPA are consistently observed at the same heat flux level. These different pyrolysis behaviours can be explained by the wavelength dependency of the radiative material properties (reflectance, absorptance and transmittance). This conclusion is in agreement with, and provides an experimental confirmation, to theoretical findings in previous studies. © 2011 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FIRE SAFETY SCIENCE.
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Conference paperLaw A, Stern-Gottfried J, Gillie M, et al., 2011,
Structural engineering and fire dynamics: Advances at the interface and Buchanan's challenge
, Pages: 1563-1576, ISSN: 1817-4299In 2008, Buchanan identified a necessary prerequisite for the advancement of structural fire engineering. He stated that "fire engineers and structural engineers need to talk to each other". In an attempt to address this need, the following paper provides a historical context of structural fire engineering and presents the results of research conducted when fire engineers and structural fire engineers do, indeed, talk to one another and work together on the same problem. The fire engineering approach is that developed by SternGottfried and Rein using travelling fires to capture realistic fire dynamics in a large compartment, and the structural fire approach by Law and Gillie on the whole frame behaviour of a concrete building. These techniques are not the only approaches, nor are they the ultimate product of Buchanan's challenge. However, they show how a rational approach to both fire engineering and structural engineering can provide design tools that would be meaningless or impossible otherwise. © 2011 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FIRE SAFETY SCIENCE.
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