Dr Wolfram Jahn

• From: Santiago, Chile
• Qualifications:
  • Ingeniero Civil (2004), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
  • Magister en Ciencias de la Ingenieria (2006), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Supervisors: Dr Guillermo Rein and Prof. José Torero
• Postgraduate study: Started 2006, Finished 2010

PhD Project:

Inverse Modelling to Forecast Enclosure Fire Dynamics

The main aim is to develop a numerical routine which predicts a fire in super-real time i.e. faster than real time. The numerical results are continuously updated by measurements taken in the compartment where the fire takes place. The thesis is available here.

Project funded by Alban Scholarships and BRE Trust

Previous projects

Modelling of the Dalmarnock Fire Tests
Several cases of consultancy for industry
Taught professional courses on fire dynamics modelling
Numerical Model of radiation in a particle flame using Spherical harmonics and Finite-Volume Method (2006 Master’s Thesis)

Selected Publications

• A Cowlard, W Jahn, CA Empis, G Rein, JL Torero, Sensor Assisted Fire Fighting, Fire Technology 46 (3), 2010. doi:10.1007/s10694-008-0069-1 (1 citation). http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~grein/rein_papers/Cowlard_SensorFireFighting_FT08.pdf
• G Rein, JL Torero, W Jahn, J Stern-Gottfried, NL Ryder, S Desanghere, M Lázaro, F Mowrer, A Coles, D Joyeux, D Alvear, JA Capote, A Jowsey, C Abecassis-Empis, P Reszka, Round-Robin Study of a priori Modelling Predictions of The Dalmarnock Fire Test One, Fire Safety Journal 44 (4), pp. 590-602, 2009. doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2008.12.008 (2 citations). (FM Global Award for Best Paper) http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2704.
• W Jahn, G Rein, JL Torero, The Effect of Model Parameters on the Simulation of Fire Dynamics, Fire Safety Science 9, pp. 1341-1352, 2008. doi:10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.9-1341 (1 citation). http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2696
• W Jahn, G Rein, JL Torero, Data assimilation in enclosure fire dynamics – towards adjoint modelling, Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control, CIMNE Barcelona, Proceedings of EUROGEN 2009, Cracow, Jun. 2009 http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~grein/rein_papers/Jahn_Eurogen2009.pdf
• W Jahn, G Rein, JL Torero, A Posteriori Modelling of Fire Test One, FireSeat 2007 The Dalmarnock Fire Tests, Edinburgh, Nov. 2007. Chp 11 in ‘The Dalmarnock Fire Tests: Experiments and Modelling’ ISBN 978-0-9557497-0-4 http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2404
• G Rein, JL Torero, W Jahn, J Stern-Gottfried, NL Ryder, S Desanghere, M Lázaro, F Mowrer, A Coles, D Joyeux, D Alvear, JA Capote, A Jowsey, P Reszka, A Priori Modelling of Fire Test One, FireSeat 2007 The Dalmarnock Fire Tests, Edinburgh, Nov. 2007. Chp 10 in ‘The Dalmarnock Fire Tests: Experiments and Modelling’ ISBN 978-0-9557497-0-4 http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2405
• M Gómez-Mares, W Jahn, M Muñoz, G Rein, J Casal, Simulación por CFD de incendios de dardos de fuego (Simulation of jet fires using CFD), Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería, Barcelona, Jun. 2009.
• C Abecassis-Empis, A Cowlard, M Valenzuela, W Jahn, D Lange, G Rein, JL Torero, Forensic Analysis of Fire Induced Structural Failure, Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Forensic Engineering, pp. 363-371, 2009, Institution of Civil Engineers, London.
• A Cowlard, W Jahn, C Abecassis-Empis, G Rein, J Torero, Sensor Assisted Fire Fighting, Suppression and Detection Research and Applications SUPDET08, Florida, March 2008
• G Rein, C Abecassis-Empis, A Amundarain, H Biteau, A Cowlard, A Chan, W Jahn, A Jowsey, P Reszka, T Steinhaus, RO Carvel, S Welch, JL Torero, J Stern-Gottfried, B Hume, A Coles, M Lazaro, D Alvear, JA Capote, S Desanghere, D Joyeux, NL Ryder, C Schemel, F Mowrer, Round-Robin Study of Fire Modelling Blind-Predictions using the Dalmarnock Fire Test, 5th International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh, Apr. 2007 (FM Global Award for Best Paper). Also presented at Advanced Research Workshop on Fire Computer Modelling, Santander, Oct. 2007, pp. 78-91. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2704
• W Jahn, D Snorrason, C Abecassis-Empis, G Rein, S Welch, JL Torero, A Posteriori Modelling of the Dalmarnock Fire Tests, Proceedings of Advanced Research Workshop on Fire Computer Modelling, Santander, Oct. 2007.
• W Jahn, G Rein, JL Torero, Forecasting Time to Flashover in Compartment Fires, 32nd International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute. Work-in-Progress Poster. Montreal, Aug 2008. Also poster at 9th Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Karlsruhe, Sep 2008.

See also our page on the Edinburgh Research Archive.