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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Fire Response"”.
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Fire Response of Loaded Composite Structures - Experiments and Modeling
In this work, the thermo-mechanical response and failure of loaded, fire-exposed composite structures was studied. Unique experimental equipment and procedures were developed and experiments were performed to assess the effects of mechanical loading and fire exposure on the service life of …
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Stress-induced Damage and Post-fire Response of Aluminum Alloys
… alloys is their mechanical performance in fire scenarios. The material strength may be degraded due to both thermal and mechanical damage during fire exposure. This work emphasizes the stress-induced mechanical (physical) damage and its impact on the residual (post-fire) performance of …
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Information Collection in Forest Fire Response Operations; A Foundation for Situation Awareness
The management of an emergency response, like forest fire response, requires high levels of coordination, efficient communication and effective situation awareness within the team. Critical response decisions are based on timely and effective collection and processing of large amounts of constantly …
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Post-fire Response of Little Creek Watershed: Evaluation of Change in Sediment Production and Suspended Sediment Transport
… production the first year following the Lockheed Fire in 2009. The amount and volume of near-stream sediment sources were found to decrease, while an increase in hillslope sediment production was documented. High intensity, short duration rainfall (up to 87 mm/hr for 10 minute duration) initiated …
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Development of Potential Remote Coal Mine Fire Response Measures: Use of Multiple Passive Source Tracers and Simulation of High Expansion Foam Flow in Simulated Gob Material
… potential improvements to current coal mine fire response measures. In the event of a fire scenario, indirect testing and analysis of the exhausting air is needed to characterize changes in the fire. The application of multiple passive source tracers provides improved detail of complex …
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Examining the effectiveness of online wildland firefighting education for structural firefighters
<p>Because many structural firefighters throughout the United States often respond to wildland fires in the Wildland/Urban Interface, the National Fire Academy developed an online educational curriculum to train structural firefighters in the basics of wildland fire fighting tactics. This training …
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The competitive dynamics of two Protea shrubs growing in a mixed fynbos stand
… displacement. Soil preferences and variable fire responses between the species were studied in an attempt to explain the restricted distribution of the stronger competitor, P. lepidocarpodendron at the study site. No conclusions were reached, but the restriction of this species from certain …
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Response of high strength concrete columns under fire-induced biaxial bending
Reinforced concrete (RC) columns, under fire conditions, can experience biaxial bending which can arise due to eccentricity in loading, uneven spalling, or due to significant thermal gradients generated through 1-, 2-, or 3-sides of fire exposure. High strength concrete (HSC) columns are especially …
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EARTH & FIBERS. Local Technologies Earthen Composites (LoTEC). Local reuse of by-products for zero-waste building materials. Appropriate building solutions in vernacular and contemporary architecture.
… vapor permeability, acoustic absorption, and fire response—have been systematically evaluated. Medium-scale prototypes constructed and monitored under real conditions confirm their technical feasibility and architectural applicability. Results indicate that LoTEC composites display versatile …
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Ανάλυση της απόκρισης σύνθετων πολυμερών υλικών υπό συνθήκες φωτιάς. Εφαρμογή σε αεροπορικές κατασκευές
The current dissertation, titled “Fire Response of Composite aerostructures” deals with a crucial subject of the aeronautics industry that is the fire response of composite aerostructures, more specifically the issue of interest in this work is the fuselage fire burnthrough from an external liquid …
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A risk-based fire and rescue management system
This PhD focuses on developing a risk-based fire and rescue model for dwelling fires which importantly, is where most fire deaths occur each year. There are a vast number of variables to consider when modelling dwellings, for example variations will arise in terms of geographical location, fire …
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Improving Situation Awareness (SA) and Performance: The Role of the Three Levels of SA and SA-Oriented Interventions to Drive Effective Emergency Response
… nitrate explosion claimed the lives of 12 firefighters. Analyses of this incident revealed that a lack of timely and accurate information was a key factor contributing to deficient SA and decision-making. While SA has been widely studied in other safety-critical fields, limited research has …
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Kinetic temperature of structures for resilience, instability and failure analysis of building systems
… ranging from buckling of rods to wind and fire response of buildings, all the way to determining fragility curves required for the assessment of resilience of buildings. It is suggested that the proposed order parameter becomes an integral part of the structural engineering toolbox for …
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Integrating Structural Fire Analysis with Hybrid Fire Testing: A Framework for Enhanced Stability, Software development and Full-Scale Evaluation.
Abstract Understanding how structures behave in a fire is becoming increasingly important as engineers move toward performance-based design. Conventional fire-resistance tests evaluate isolated components under simplified and constant boundary conditions, and numerical models remain constrained by …
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Debond Buckling of Woven E-glass/Balsa Sandwich Composites Exposed to One-sided Heating
… naval vessels and the heightened interest in the fire response properties of balsa wood and its utility as a core material. In order to better understand the interfacial behavior, Mode I Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) fracture tests were performed at ambient, 60 C, and 80 C to determine the …
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Impact of Prescribed Fire on the Terrestrial Orchid, <i>Isotria medeoloides</i> in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains
… provided a management framework that suggests fire may be useful to recovering this flower and restoring its habitat for the benefit of the species that share it. Our study site is one of these habitats where small whorled pogonia grows in a region with a historical regime of frequent fire. The …
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Effectiveness of Mandatory Driver Training Programs for Fire Service Drivers
… of mandatory driver training programs for fire service drivers. Effectiveness is defined by a decrease in the number of crashes per number of runs. Two states were identified for comparison, one with mandatory driver training requirements, Washington State (WA) and the other with no …