Susan Deeny

• From: Belleek, Northern Ireland
• Qualifications: MEng, Civil Engineering, University of Edinburgh, 2005
• Supervisors: Tim Stratford
• Postgraduate study: Started 2006

PhD Project:

How do spatial and temporal variations in heat flux affect the fire performance of concrete structures?

This project will focus on the effect of variations in heat flux on concrete structures using CFD to predict a range of possible temporal/spatial heat flux variations and finite-element models of concrete structures to examine their response. Simple analytical/conceptual models will be produced in parallel to develop understanding at a more fundamental level and to help formulate methods suitable for design and assessment

Project funded by EPSRC / Buro Happold

Achievements to date

• Royal Society of Edinburgh, John Moyes Lessells Scholar 2008
• Institute of Civil Engineers QUEST Scholar 2001- 2005
• Ivestigation of several possible collapse methods in a case-study multi-storey structure, using finite element modelling tools (ABAQUS)

Selected Publications

• Deeny, S., Stratford, T., Dhakal, R., Moss, P., Buchanan, A., Spalling of Concrete: Implications for Structural performance in Fire, Applications of Structural Fire Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, February 2009
• Concrete Society (2008) Assessment, Design and Repair of Fire-damaged Concrete Structures, Technical Report 68 - Working Party member
• Deeny, S., Stratford, T., Dhakal, R., Moss, P., Buchanan, A., Spalling of Concrete: Implications for Structural performance in Fire, 20th Australian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, December 2008
• Deeny, S., Abecassis Empis, C., Stratford, T., Gillie, M. Torero, J.L., The Dalmarnock Fire Tests on a Cast In-Situ Concrete Structure, Workshop on Fire Design of Concrete Structures: From Materials Modelling to Structural Performance, Coimbra, Portugal. Nov. 2007
• Welch, S., Jowsey, A., Deeny, S., Morgan, R., BRE large scale fire compartment tests - Characterising Post-Flashover Fires for Model Validation, Fire Safety Journal, vol 42, no 8, pp. 548-567

Previous Projects

• Fire and Heat Flux Analysis (MEng Thesis, 2005) Establishment of a methodology for correction of radiation errors in thermocouple readings and subsequent creation of heat flux 'maps' for thermal boundary definition in structural fire analysis

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