The Perfect FirestormWelcome to the new era of “megafires,” which rage with such intensity that no human force can put them out. Their main causes, climate change and fire suppression, are fueling a heated debate about how to stop them.By Daniel Glick/Photograph by Larry Schwarm http://audubonmagazine.org/features1107/GlobalWarming.html#.TnH2RNBbMW0.facebook
Best Poster and Best Fire Science Image Awards at the 10th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science!
The 10th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science was held at the University of Maryland, College Park this past week and brought together an impressive group of scientists and engineers working on today’s fire science problems. Before I go on about the conference, a moment of sharing the exciting news that we have won both […]
Best Poster and Best Fire Science Image Awards at the 10th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science!
The 10th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science was held at the University of Maryland, College Park this past week and brought together an impressive group of scientists and engineers working on today’s fire science problems. Before I go on about the conference, a moment of sharing the exciting news that we have won both […]
Part II of Paper on Commodity Classification Published in the Fire Safety Journal
Part II of our paper, “Warehouse commodity classification from fundamental principles. Part II: Flame heights and flame spread”, has recently been published in the Fire Safety Journal. The image at the right shows a research approach to the warehouse fire problem. The two smaller scales studied in this work are shown by the dashed box. […]
Commodity Classification Paper Recently Published in the Fire Safety Journal
The paper, “Warehouse commodity classification from fundamental principles. Part I: Commodity & burning rates” was recently published in the Fire Safety Journal. Check it out here This paper sets a personal record for length of time from submittal to acceptance and posting. It was submitted in September, 2009 and became available online in April, 2011. […]
"Fan of Fire" Image Wins 3rd Place at the 2011 Joint Meeting of the Combustion Institute
Our entry into the Combustion Art contest, “Fan of Fire”, won 3rd place! Take a look at the image and abstract below, or go to the announcement: http://www.cssci.org/ Third Place — “Fan of Fire – Surface Inclination Effects on Upward Flame Spread”“This “fan of fire” visually displays the effect gravity has on upward flame spread […]
Research on Combustion of Cardboard Featured by UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering
Work by Gollner, Williams and Rangwala was recently featured by the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. The work, assessing the upward flame spread characteristics of corrugated cardboard was recently published in the journal Combustion and Flame. http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1041 San Diego, CA, February 2, 2011–Imagine this: Firefighters enter a several football […]
Paper on Upward Flame Spread Over Corrugated Cardboard Published in Combustion and Flame
Our recent work on flame spread over corrugated cardboard, with applications related to warehouses has been published in the journal Combustion and Flame. Check out the article and abstract below: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2010.12.005 Upward flame spread over corrugated cardboardM.J. Gollner, F.A. Williams and A.S. Rangwala As part of a study of the combustion of boxes of commodities, […]