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[Authors] [Title] Proceedings of the 5th International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh, UK, 23-27 April 2007. Edited by D. Drysdale, D. Bradley, V. Molkov and R. Carvel. Published by the School of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-9557497-2-8 [page numbers].
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Proceedings contents
| Title | Author(s) | Pages | Paper |
| Title pages, Editors' letter and contents | |||
Section 1: Plenary Presentations | |||
| PUBLIC INQUIRIES AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SAFETY | The Right Hon. The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk | ||
| DETONATION INITIATION AND DDT: EXPERIMENTS AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS | S.M. Frolov | ||
| FLAME PROPAGATION DURING DUST EXPLOSIONS | R. Dobashi | ||
| HYDROGEN SAFETY RESEARCH: STATE-OF-THE-ART | V. Molkov | ||
| KINSTON DUST EXPLOSION | Q.A. Baker & M. Kolbe | ||
| MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF ACCIDENTAL COMBUSTION IN COMPLEX GEOMETRIES | S. Cant | ||
Section 2: Prize Winning papers | |||
| ROUND-ROBIN STUDY OF FIRE MODELLING BLIND-PREDICTIONS USING THE DALMARNOCK FIRE TEST | G. Rein, C. Abecassis Empis, A. Amundarain, H. Biteau, A. Cowlard, A. Chan, W. Jahn, A. Jowsey, P. Reszka, T. Steinhaus, R.O. Carvel, S. Welch, J.L. Torero, J. Stern-Gottfried, B. Hume, A. Coles, M. Lazaro, D. Alvear, J.A. Capote, S. Desanghere, D. Joyeux, N.L. Ryder, C. Schemel, F. Mowrer | ||
| A GENERALIZED PYROLYSIS MODEL FOR COMBUSTIBLE SOLIDS | C. Lautenberger & C. Fernandez-Pello | ||
| PREDICTING POLYMER BURNING USING TGA/DSC | M. Kim & J.G. Quintiere | ||
| TOXIC COMBUSTION PRODUCTS FROM FIRE RETARDED NANOCOMPOSITE POLYMERS | A.A. Stec & T.R. Hull | ||
Section 3: Hydrogen | |||
| ASSESMENT OF INHERENTLY SAFER TECHNOLOGIES FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION | G. Landucci, C. Nicolella & V. Cozzani | ||
| BLAST WAVES AND FIREBALLS GENERATED BY HYDROGEN FUEL TANK RUPTURE DURING FIRE EXPOSURE | R. Zalosh | ||
| COMPARISON OF TNT-EQUIVALENCY APPROACH, TNO MULTI-ENERGY APPROACH AND A CFD APPROACH IN INVESTIGATING HEMISPHERIC HYDROGEN-AIR VAPOR CLOUD EXPLOSIONS | A. Beccantini, A. Malczynski & E. Studer | ||
| EXPLORATORY STUDY OF UNDER-EXPANDED SONIC HYDROGEN JETS AND JET FLAMES | S. Dembele, J. Zhang & J.X. Wen | ||
| LES MODEL OF VENTED EXPLOSION: HYDROGEN-AIR MIXTURES | V. Molkov, D. Makarov, F. Verbecke, Z. Mansurov & M. Zhumabaev | ||
Section 4: Explosions | |||
| AN EVALUATION OF MESG AS A RELATIVE MEASURE OF POTENTIAL EXPLOSION SEVERITY AND THE GENESIS OF A MIMIC GAS CONCEPT FOR EXPLOSION HAZARD TESTING | G.O. Thomas | ||
| AN INVESTIGATION OF EXPLOSION DEVELOPMENT IN A CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON-AIR MIXTURE IN A COMPLEX PIPE GEOMETRY | G.O. Thomas | ||
| ANALYSIS OF A FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS FIRE LEADING TO A BACKDRAFT EXPLOSION | R. Zalosh & S-P. Ho | ||
| CALCULATION OF THE UPPER EXPLOSION LIMIT OF METHANE-AIR AND PROPANE-AIR MIXTURES AT ELEVATED PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES | F. Van den Schoor, F. Verplaetsen & J. Berghmans | ||
| DUST EXPLOSIONS SUPPRESSION BY MEANS OF WATER SPRAY AND SUPPRESSING POWDER. NOVEL EXTINGUISHER DESIGN | P. Oleszczak, M. Gieras, M. Kaluzny & R. Klemens | ||
| EFFECTS OF PARTICLE MATERIALS ON FLAME PROPAGATION DURING DUST EXPLOSIONS | T. Anezaki & R. Dobashi | ||
| INFLUENCE OF STATIC BURST PRESSURE AND IGNITION POSITION ON DUCT-VENTED GAS EXPLOSIONS | R.M. Kasmani, S.K. Willacy, G.E. Andrews & H.N. Phylaktou | ||
| MIXTURE FRACTION MEASUREMENTS DURING THE FLAME TRANSMISSION AT EQUIPMENT OF THE TYPE OF PROTECTION “FLAMEPROOF ENCLOSURE” | D. Markus, R. Sadanandan, R. Schießl & U. Maas | ||
| THE CHARACTERISTICS OF COMBUSTION OF RICH NEAR-LIMIT GASEOUS MIXTURES OF HYDROGEN-OXIDISER-DILUENT IN A CLOSED VESSEL AT VARIOUS OXYGEN CONTENTS IN THE OXIDISER | V. Azatyan, Yu. Shebeko, I. Bolodian, A. Shebeko, V. Navzenya & A. Tomilin | ||
| THE FORMATION AND DISSIPATION OF FLAMMABLE MIXTURES FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF A FIXED MASS OF A BINARY FUEL MIXTURE INTO AIR WITHIN VERTICAL CYLINDRICAL VESSELS | P.Cisse, G.A. Karim & I.Wierzba | ||
Section 5: Explosion modelling | |||
| EFFECTS OF ASPECT RATIO AND IGNITION LOCATION ON VENTED EXPLOSION PRESSURES | C.R. Bauwens, S. Dorofeev & F. Tamanini | ||
| SIMPLIFIED MODELLING OF EXPLOSION PROPAGATION BY DUST LIFTING IN COAL MINES | T. Skjold, R.K. Eckhoff, B.J. Arntzen, K. Lebecki, Z. Dyduch, R. Klemens & P. Zydak | ||
| THE INFLUENCE OF VESSEL GEOMETRY ON THE EFFECT OF EXPLOSION VENT | N. Sonoda, A. Hashimoto & A. Matsuo | ||
Section 6: Compartment Fires | |||
| CHARACTERIZING OF DESIGN FIRES FOR CLOTHING STORES | E. Zalok & G. Hadjisophocleous | ||
| FLAME EXHAUST FROM POOL FIRES IN A SMALL-SCALE COMPARTMENT WITH A SINGLE OPENING | A.V. Chamichine, G.M. Makhviladze, P. Oleszczak & S.E. Yakush | ||
| HAZARDS OF FIRES IN CHILDREN’S ROOMS – EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS | A. Hofmann, C. Knaust & D. Aschenbrenner | ||
| METHOD OF PREDICTING FIRE LOCATION AND INTENSITY BASED ON CEILING JET TEMPERATURE UNDER AN UNCONFINED CEILING | K. Nitta, J. Yamaguchi, Y. Oka & K. Muraoka | ||
| PERFORMANCE BASED ENGINEERING WITH A BIVARIATE PDF OF FIRE SIZE AND VENT OPENING | R.R. Upadhyay & O.A. Ezekoye | ||
| THE STUDY FOR THE PHYSICS OF THE OUTFLOW FROM THE OPENING OF A BURNING ENCLOSURE | Y-P. Lee M.A. Delichatsios & Y. Ohmiya | ||
Section 7: Fire Modelling | |||
| A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF TURBULENT NON-PREMIXED METHANE JET FLAMES IN A CROSSWIND | G. Chamberlain, D. Bradley, P.H. Gaskell, X.J. Gu & D.R. Emerson | ||
| A GENERAL COMBUSTION MODEL FOR RADIATION DOMINATED NON-PREMIXED FLAMES | P. Chatterjee, J.L. de Ris & C.W. Lautenberger | ||
| A ONE-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE STUDY OF SOOT PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT AND RADIATION LOSS INTERACTIONS IN FIRES | A.J. Ricks, J.C. Hewson, A.R. Kerstein, S.R. Tieszen & J.P. Gore | ||
| A REACTION PROGRESS VARIABLE APPROACH FOR LES OF STRONGLY RADIATING SOOTY FLAMES | P.E. DesJardin & A. Kumar | ||
| APPLICATION OF COMPUTER FIRE MODELLING TO NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS | S.D. Miles | ||
| LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF IGNITION AND TRANSIENT COMBUSTION IN FUEL VAPOR CLOUDS | J. Wiley, R. Webster & A. Trouvé | ||
| LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN A REACTING PLUME AND WATER SPRAY | J. Xia, K.H. Luo & S. Kumar | ||
| MODELING MICROGRAVITY AND NORMAL GRAVITY FLAME SPREAD RATES OVER SAMPLES OF POLYMER AND POLYMER/GLASS COMPOSITES | S. McAllister, D. Rich, C. Lautenberger, A.C. Fernandez-Pello & Z.G. Yuan | ||
| PDF MODELLING OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SCALAR MIXING AT MICROSCALES AND KINETIC IN A CH4 NON PREMIXED FLAME | F. Richard, T. Rogaume & P. Rousseaux | ||
| SIMULATION OF VISIBILITY IN SMOKE LADEN ENVIRONMENTS | P.A. Rubini & Q. Zhang | ||
| STRATEGIES IN FIELD SIMULATIONS OF FIRE IN A SMALL, WELL-VENTILATED COMPARTMENT | B. Merci, K. Van Maele & P. Vandevelde | ||
| SUPER REAL TIME PREDICTION OF UPWARD FLAME SPREAD | A. Cowlard, G. Rein, S. Welch, J.L. Torero & A.S. Usmani | ||
Section 8: Flammability | |||
| A STUDY ON FOREST FIRE SPREADING THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS FUEL BEDS THANKS TO PHYSICAL MODELLING | A. Simeoni & P. Salinesi | ||
| ADVANCEMENTS IN FIRE HAZARD CLASSIFICATION OF ROLL PAPER | Y. Xin & J.M.A. Troup | ||
| AIRFLOW AND OXYGEN CONCENTRATION EFFECTS IN DUST LAYER HOT SURFACE IGNITION TEMPERATURE TESTS | H. Park & R. Zalosh | ||
| ANALYSIS OF THE FLAME QUENCHING PROPERTY OF POROUS STRUCTURES | S. Mecke, D. Markus, M. Thedens, F. Engelmann, A. Hilliger & U. Klausmeyer | ||
| APPLICATION OF UPWARD FLAME SPREAD FOR CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION OF INTERMEDIATE STANDARD APPROVAL TESTS | M.A. Delichatsios | ||
| ASSESSMENT OF FIRE TOXICITY - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMALL AND LARGE SCALE TEST DATA | T.R. Hull, K. Lebek & A.A. Stec | ||
| CALORIMETRIC STUDY OF WILDLAND FUEL CONSIDERING POROUS BED EFFECTS | C. F. Schemel, J. D. Rivera & J. L. Torero | ||
| DETERMINATION OF THE CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT IN REAL FIRE EXPERIMENTS | J. Zhang, J. Hereid, M. Hagen, D. Bakirtzis & M.A. Delichatsios | ||
| EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF AUTO-IGNITION MODELS FOR METHANE-AIR MIXTURES AT ELEVATED PRESSURES | F. Norman, F. Verplaetsen & J. Berghmans | ||
| EXPERIMENTS ON CHARRING CONTROL OF WOODEN COLUMN BY WATER APPLICATION | Y. Ohmiya, K. Wakatsuki & M.A. Delichatsios | ||
| FLAME EXTINCTION BASED ON A CRITICAL DAMKÖHLER NUMBER FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF SUPPRESSION EFFECTIVENESS IN REDUCED GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS | J.A. Sutula, M.S. Klassen, R.J. Roby, S.M. Olenick, G. Gaines & J.L. Torero | ||
| LIMITING FLAME STRETCH RATES FOR FLAME INSTABILITIES AND FLAME QUENCHING | D. Bradley, M. Lawes & K. Liu | ||
| MEASUREMENT OF THE NON-DIMENSIONAL FRANK-KAMENETSKII NUMBER USING A STANDARD DUST LAYER IGNITION TESTING APPARATUS | A.S. Rangwala, T.J. Myers & A.F. Ibarreta | ||
| MINIMUM IGNITION ENERGY OF POLYESTER-BASED FILTRATION MEDIA | D. Bayliss, B.Z. Dlugogorski & E.M. Kennedy | ||
| RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN TIME EVOLVING POLYDISPERSE WATER SPRAYS FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION ENVIRONEMENTS | W.F. Godoy & P.E. DesJardin | ||
| THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF CCA TREATED WOOD: INFLUENCE OF pH OF CCA TREATMENT SOLUTION | A. Ziolkowski, B.Z. Dlugogorski, J.C. Mackie & E.M. Kennedy | ||
| THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GAS-PHASE STANDOFF DISTANCE AND THE SOLID-PHASE | A.S. Rangwala, S.G. Buckley, N.A. Dembsey & J.L. Torero | ||
Section 9: Structural Fire Safety | |||
| AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO DEFINE SURFACE HEAT FLUXES TO STRUCTURAL MEMBERS IN POST FLASHOVER FIRES | A. Jowsey, G. Rein, C. Abecassis Empis, A. Cowlard, P. Reszka, T. Steinhaus, J.L. Torero, A. Usmani & B. Lane. | ||
| COLLAPSE SCENARIOS FOR TALL BUILDINGS IN FIRE DURING COOLING | C. Röben, M. Gillie, A. Usmani & J.L. Torero | ||
| DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A GENERALISED ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY FOR THERMAL ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL MEMBERS IN FIRE | H. Liang, S. Welch, T. Stratford & E. Kinsella | ||
| FIRE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE COMPOSITE SEGMENTS USED AS SECONDARY TUNNEL LININGS | D. Bjegovic, I. Stipanovic & M. Jelcic | ||
| THE EFFECT OF STRUCTURE OF CONCRETE ON THE RESIDUAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AFTER HIGH TEMPERATURES | É. Lublóy & G.L. Balázs | ||
| THE PERFORMANCE OF CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER STRENGTHENING DURING A REAL FIRE | T. Stratford, J-F. Chen & M. Gillie | ||
| UNDERSTANDING THE COMPRESSIVE RING IN REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS IN FIRE | D. Fox, A. Usmani & T. Stratford | ||
Section 10: Transportation & Tunnel Fires | |||
| CFD SIMULATIONS FOR THE COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOME FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS IN ROAD TUNNELS | P. Ciambelli, M.G. Meo, P. Russo & S. Vaccaro | ||
| DETAILED NUMERICAL STUDY OF HAZARDS FROM LARGE FIRES IN LONGITIDINALLY VENTILATED ROAD TUNNELS | S.D. Miles | ||
| FIRES IN CABLE TUNNELS: CHARACTERISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL FACITILITY | R.J. Bettis, R.O. Carvel & S.F. Jagger | ||
| HEAT RELEASE RATE AND COMPUTER FIRE MODELING VS. REAL SCALE FIRE TESTS IN PASSENGER TRAINS | J.A. Capote, D. Alvear, M. Lázaro & P. Espina | ||
| INVESTIGATION OF A FATAL FIRE IN A MOVING VEHICLE | N. Alvares, K. Staggs & G. Rein | ||
| REALISTIC PROBABILITY ESTIMATES FOR DESTRUCTIVE OVERPRESSURE EVENTS IN HEATED CENTER WING TANKS OF COMMERCIAL JET AIRCRAFT | N. Alvares & H. Lambert | ||
Section 11: Miscellaneous | |||
| UNDERSTANDING FIRE SUPPRESSION OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS | C.J. Wieczorek | ||
| THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VENTILATION CONDITIONS AND CARBON MONOXIDE SOURCE TERM IN FULLY-DEVELOPED COMPARTMENT FIRES | B. Forell & D. Hosser | ||
| PROPANE-AIR EXPLOSIONS IN A PARTIALLY FILLED INTERCONNECTED VESSEL | S.K. Willacy, H.N. Phylaktou, G.E. Andrews & R.M. Kasmani | ||
| TOXIC GASES IN SIMULATED AIRCRAFT INTERIOR FIRES USING FTIR ANALYSIS | G.E. Andrews, H. Li & H.N. Phylaktou | ||