Progress in fire safety science strongly relies on the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to simulate a wide range scenarios, involving complex geometries, multiple length/time scales and multi-physics (e.g., turbulence, combustion, heat transfer, soot generation, solid pyrolysis, flame spread liquid evaporation), that could not be studied easily with analytical solutions zone models. It...

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A series of experiments were carried out in an arched tunnel (50 m long, 2 wide, 2.3 high). Under the influence aspect ratios (1, and 3) oil pool orientation relative to sidewall, flame length temperature distribution under ceiling was studied. Oil pools with 3 placed center as a control group. Results show that sidewall is decisive factor affecting fire behavior. The heat release rate decrease...

OBJECTIVES To reduce fires and fire related injuries by increasing the prevalence of functioning smoke alarms in high risk households. SETTING The programme was delivered in an inner London area with above average material deprivation and below average smoke alarm ownership. The target population included low income and rental households and households with elderly persons or young children. ...

background: infections are readily transmitted as a result of bacterial contamination of swimming pools. therefore, hygiene and preventing the contamination of swimming pools is of particular importance. the objective of this study was to determine the amount of bacterial contamination in indoor pools of yazd in 2013. methods: in this descriptive and analytical study, all indoor swimming pools ...

Pool fires are canonical representations of many accidental fires, which can exhibit an unstable unsteady behaviour, known as puffing, involves a strong coupling between the temperature and velocity fields. Despite their practical relevance to fire research, experimental study be limited due complexity measuring relevant quantities in parallel. In this work, we analyse use recent physics-inform...

Boreal forests account for one third of terrestrial carbon stock. Wildfires are an important perturbation this pool, affecting in particular the litter layer. After forest fires, layers may possess shifting chemical property and decomposition dynamics due to changes post-fire vegetations succession abiotic factors. We measured water-soluble organic (WSOC) nitrogen (WSN) Oi Oe horizons boreal al...