Adam Cowlard
- From: Hinckley, England
- Qualifications:
- PhD Fire Safety Engineering, University of Edinburgh, 2009
- MEng Civil Engineering, University of Edinburgh, 2004
- Supervisors: Prof. José Torero and Dr Stephen Welch
- Postgraduate study: 2005-2009
PhD Project:
Sensor and Model Integration for the Rapid Prediction of Concurrent Flow Flame Spread
This work demonstrates a methodology for achieving accurate, faster than real-time predictions of fire, in particular flame spread, through the combination of analytical models steered by sensor information. The work, under the umbrella of the FireGrid project, is intended as a first step to providing a tool to aid emergency response to fire.Click here for the Abstract and a link to pdf of Thesis on the Edinburgh Research Archive.
Project funded by BRE
Previous projects
Numerical Modelling of the Probable Fires in World Trade Centre 7 - Masters Thesis
Selected Publications
- Cowlard, A., Sensor and Model Integration for the Rapid Prediction of Concurrent Flow Flame Spread, PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh, April 2009.
- Cowlard, A, Jahn, W., Abecassis Empis, C., Rein, G., Torero, J.L., Sensor Assisted Fire Fighting, Fire Technology (in press), (2009)
- Abecassis-Empis, C., Reszka, P., Steinhaus, T., Biteau, H., Cowlard, A., Welch, S., Rein, G., Torero, J.L., “Characterisation of Dalmarnock Fire Test 1”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 32 (2008), 1334 – 1343.
- Abecassis-Empis, C., Cowlard, A., Valenzuela, M., Jahn, W., Lange, D., Rein, G., Torero, JL., Forensic Analysis of Fire Induced Structural Failure, 4th International Conference on Forensic Engineering, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, Dec 2008.
- Cowlard, A., Steinhaus, T., Abecassis Empis, C., Torero, J.L., “Test Two: The ‘Controlled Fire’”, Chapter 4 - The Dalmarnock Fire Tests ISBN: 978-0-9557-497-0-4.
- Cowlard, A., Auersperg, L., Richon, J-B., Rein,, G., Welch, S., Usmani, A., Torero, JL., A Simple Methodology for Sensor Driven Prediction of Upward Flame Spread, Turkish Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 31 (2007), 403 – 413.
- Rein, G., Abecassis Empis, C., Amundarain, A., Biteau, H., Cowlard, A., Chan, A., Jahn, W., Jowsey, A., Reszka, P., Steinhaus, T., Welch, S., Torero, J.L., Stern-Gottfried, J., Hume, B., Coles, A., Lazaro, M., Alvear, D., Capote, J.A., Desanghere, S. Joyeux, D., Ryder, N.L., Mowrer, F., Round-Robin Study of Fire Modelling Blind-Predictions using the Dalmarnock Fire Experiments, 5th International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh. April 2007.
