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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Centre for Environmental Safety and Risk Engineering (CESARE)"”.
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Structural modelling of plasterboard-clad, light timber framed walls in fire
The building regulations in Australia and other countries are being reformed from a prescriptive basis of designing fire safety system requirements to a performance basis, which requires the application of engineering principles. Under the prescriptive regulations, fire resistant construction …
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Time and probablity of failure of timber framed walls in fire
The general aim of the research for this thesis was to develop models to predict the performance of fire resistant light-timber framed walls, in relation to requirements of new performance-based building fire regulations being introduced around the world. The performance bases that were adopted in …
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Modelling of disturbed flow regimes in aspirated pipe systems
Aspirated systems such as those used for smoke detection are characterised by the use of long (e.g. lOOw), small- ore (e.g. 2lmm) pipes with sampling holes (e.g. 2mm) drilled at regular intervals (e.g. 4m). A low-power aspirator (e.g. 2W) draws a continuous sample of air from each hole throughout …
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Modelling of fire spread and the growth of fire in buildings using computational fluid dynamics
The motivation for undertaking this research is to contribute to the development of a model of fire spread over a surface, and to integrate this model with a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model that is capable of making predictions of the environment associated with full-scale fires in …
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Solute Transport Modelling of Latrobe Valley Ash Disposal Sites
… arising from the combustion of low-rank coal for electricity generation presents significant engineering and environmental challenges. The power stations in the Latrobe Valley region of Victoria, Australia, have long recognised the need for improved long term understanding of ash disposal. …
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Response Surface Modelling of Monte-Carlo Fire Data
… years to the point of providing good predictions for some parameters of fire behaviour. However, input data are not always available, and many factors that affect the course of a fire are probabilistic in nature and cannot be determined from physics. One way of surmounting the problem of …
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The Control of Diesel Particulates in Underground Coal Mines
The aims of the research for this thesis were fourfold, all of which focused at reducing employee exposure to diesel particulate in underground coal mines. The four aims were to: a) Develop a method to test disposable diesel exhaust filters and if possible improve their performance b) Investigate …
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Decomposition, Ignition and Flame Spread on Furnishing Materials
… aim of this research is to find an effective and applicable method of prediction of pyrolysis and ignition of certain furnishing materials in a real fire environment.
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Determination of Packaging Material Requirements for Optimum Shelf Life of Packaged Filled Milk Powder
Packaging plays an important role in protecting and preserving the quality of food and is therefore significant in any food manufacturing and distribution process. The shelf life of any food is limited due to the occurrence of many deteriorative processes and reactions within the food material. …
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Light scattering by smoke and nuisance aerosols
… of aerosols, namely those generated by flaming and non-flaming (smouldering and forced pyrolysis) fires as well as nuisance aerosols. This was undertaken using a scattering cross section based on the mass concentration of aerosols as opposed to the traditional arbittary units.
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Fire development in passenger trains
… presents research consisting of experiments and analysis of fire development in a passenger train carriage. The aim of this research is to use experiments, particularly a full-scale passenger train fire experiment, to increase understanding of fire behaviour in passenger trains and evaluate …
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The investigation of fire hazards in buildings using stochastic modelling
This research investigates the spread of fire and smoke in buildings as well as occupant egress. There are existing deterministic models for these. While deterministic models provide averages of a process, stochastic models give the broad spectrum of all possible scenarios of the process giving the …
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Modelling of urban stormwater drainage systems using ILSAX
… it may lead to flooding of urban areas, and deterioration of water quality in rivers and receiving waters. Urban drainage systems are used to manage urban stormwater. For design of effective and economic urban drainage systems, it is important to estimate the design flows accurately. Many …
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A Method for replacing serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma) with kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra) in lowland native grassland remnants
A 'spray and hay' method was developed which replaces the noxious weed serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Arech.) with indigenous kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra Forrsk.) in partly disturbed remnants of western (basalt) plains indigenous grassland, a community listed as vulnerable to …
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Experimental and computational study of flames venting externally during full scale flashover fires
… fire spread from a burn room window with standard glass, when the external facade is non-combustible. The effects on externally venting flames of internal ventilation conditions, burning rate, burn room size and wind have been studied in detail. Secondary fires and glass breakage have been …