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Tomá? ?ajdlík, Karel ?uhajda and David Pru?a
The combustibility of natural wood presents a negative impact for using this material in buildings. Timber elements can be cladded with boards made of non-combustible materials. This study represents a group of options for increasing the resistance of ti...
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Salmabanu Luhar, Demetris Nicolaides and Ismail Luhar
Even though, an innovative inorganic family of geopolymer concretes are eye-catching potential building materials, it is quite essential to comprehend the fire and thermal resistance of these structural materials at a very high temperature and also when ...
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Sofia Malanho, Rosário Veiga and Catarina Brazão Farinha
Rehabilitation of facades may be carried out with the application of External Thermal Insulation Systems (ETICS). Their main contribution is the increase of the energy efficiency of buildings. In the literature, hygrothermal, impact and fire performance ...
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Celia Herrero,Amelework Kassa,Valentín Pando,Felipe Bravo,Ricardo Alía
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Aim of the study: Understanding post-fire germination of tree species in arid and semi-arid zones of sub-Saharan Africa.Area of study: Ethiopian Acacia senegal L. and Acacia seyal Del. forests.Material and methods: Seeds were subjected to heat shocks at ...
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Carlos G. Rossa
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Aim of study: To develop a fuel moisture content (FMC) attenuation factor for empirical forest fire spread rate (ROS) models in general fire propagation conditions.Methods: The development builds on the assumption that the main FMC-damping effect is a fu...
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Alexander I. Filkov, Thomas J. Duff and Trent D. Penman
Organisations that manage wildfires are expected to deliver scientifically defensible decisions. However, the limited availability of high quality data restricts the rate at which research can advance. The nature of wildfires contributes to this: they ar...
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Chiara Bedon and Massimo Fragiacomo
This paper presents the full-scale experimental assessment of a log-house timber wall with partial thermal insulation under in-plane compression and exposed to fire on one side. A key aspect of the current design application for log-house systems is repr...
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Carlos G. Rossa,Paulo M. Fernandes
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Aim of study: To reconcile the effects of live fuel moisture content (FMC) on fire rate of spread (ROS) derived from laboratory and field fires.Methods: The analysis builds on evidence from previous fire-spread experimental studies and on a comparison be...
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Francisco Rodríguez y Silva,Mercedes Guijarro,Javier Madrigal,Enrique Jiménez,Juan R. Molina,Carmen Hernando,Ricardo Vélez,Jose A. Vega
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Aims of study: To conduct the first full-scale crown fire experiment carried out in a Mediterranean conifer stand in Spain; to use different data sources to assess crown fire initiation and spread models, and to evaluate the role of convection in crown f...
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Thomas J. Duff, Robert E. Keane, Trent D. Penman and Kevin G. Tolhurst
Wildland fires are a function of properties of the fuels that sustain them. These fuels are themselves a function of vegetation, and share the complexity and dynamics of natural systems. Worldwide, the requirement for solutions to the threat of fire to ...
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