Thermal induced pyrolysis and the following flaming ignition of solid combustible play
crucial roles in determining the occurrence of fire and the subsequent flame spread. This …

This paper presents a generalized pyrolysis model that can be used to simulate the
gasification of a variety of combustible solids encountered in fires. The model, Gpyro, can be …

As thermoplastic materials are widely used in buildings, the fire hazards of thermoplastic
materials are increasingly becoming a central issue in fire safety research due to their …

A one-dimensional numerical model describing the physical and chemical phenomena
occurring in a translucent solid fuel up to ignition is used to investigate the failure of the …

Piloted ignition of vertically mounted solid induced by time-dependent radiation, which is
frequently encountered in practical scenarios, is barely examined in existing studies. This …

Heat fluxes from fires are strongly time-dependent. Historically, the thermal ignition theory in
its classical form has neglected this time dependency until recent years, where theories …

With recent fires in ancient buildings such as Notre-Dame de Paris in France, Wanan
Ancient Bridge in China, and the Cavallerizza Reale in Italy, it can be seen that aging wood …

The mass loss rate (MLR) of poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) exposed to known radiant
fluxes is simulated with two recently developed numerical codes, the National Institute of …

The critical heat flux for ignition (CHFI) is an important measure of material flammability,
often determined by experimental testing under an applied radiant heat flux. Observations of …

This work investigates experimentally and theoretically the effect of time-dependent incident
heat flux (HF), which is more reasonable in fire-like environment, on thermal degradation …