Nicolas Bal
- From: Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Qualifications: MEng Industrial and Environmental Risk Management , National Institute of Applied Sciences [INSA] of ROUEN, 2008
- Supervisors: Dr Guillermo Rein, Pfr Jose L. Torero, Dr David Charters (BRE Trust)
- Postgraduate study: Started 2009
PhD Project:
Model Assisted Fire Risk Assessment
One of the essential points for a fire risk assessment is the available statistical data (e.g.: conditional probabilities for fault and event tree analysis, frequency of ignition, …).The classification thanks to the characteristics of the building and its occupancy (nature and magnitude of the events) is not general enough. As a consequence, the statistical analyses are not robust.
The purpose of this project is to establish, from data collected on fires, physical parameters which permit to obtain a more general classification, then to carry out statistical analyses and therefore to have a proper use of this data for probabilistic assessment of fire risk.
This project will especially be focused on the aspect of ignition of solid fuel and the physical parameters that could be linked to this phenomenon.
Project funded by BRE Trust
Previous projects
- Assessment of Flammability of Nano-Composites with the Fire Propagation Apparatus, Engineering project, 2007, BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering
- Application of Fire Dynamics Simulator v5 for fire hazard analyses, Engineering project, 2008, LIGERON SNONVISION-ITEP (France)
- Benchmark Fire Test, 2008, Fire Research Group (France)
Selected publications
- H. Biteau, T. Steinhaus, A. Simeoni, J.L. Torero, C. Schemel and N. Bal "Calculation methods for the heat release rate of material of unknown composition" IAFSS 2008
