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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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Liang Xiao, Jinghua Wu, Wenhan Li, Guodong Yuan, Qing Xu, Jing Wei and Fengxiang Han
Biochar holds great promise for carbon sequestration but is restricted by high costs. Here, we introduced the water?fire coupled method and developed a mineral coating technique for biochar production from paulownia waste (Paulownia fortune). Exposure ti...
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Kathleen M. Navarro, Don Schweizer, John R. Balmes and Ricardo Cisneros
Prescribed fire, intentionally ignited low-intensity fires, and managed wildfires—wildfires that are allowed to burn for land management benefit—could be used as a land management tool to create forests that are resilient to wildland fire. Th...
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Palaiologos Palaiologou, Kostas Kalabokidis, Michelle A. Day, Alan A. Ager, Spyros Galatsidas and Lampros Papalampros
Predicting where the next large-scale wildfire event will occur can help fire management agencies better prepare for taking preventive actions and improving suppression efficiency. Wildfire simulations can be useful in estimating the spread and behavior ...
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Baptiste Gualdi, Emma Binet-Stéphan, André Bahabi, Roxane Marchal and David Moncoulon
Wildfires generating damage to assets are extremely rare in France. The peril is not covered by the French natural catastrophes insurance scheme (law of 13 July 1982). In the context of the changing climate, Caisse Centrale de Réassurance?the French stat...
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Marina Gravit, Elena Golub, Boris Klementev and Ivan Dmitriev
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Noraniza Mohammad Jani, Mohammad Shakir Nasif, Nasir Shafiq and Ian Holt
This paper presents the experimental analysis of the effects of simulated hydrocarbon fire exposure on the mechanical properties and the heat transmission in fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete, FR-SCC. For that purpose, 300-mm thick, and 1200-mm s...
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Seungwon Kim, Topendra Oli and Cheolwoo Park
Many researchers have studied explosion prevention and fire resistance of high-strength concrete mixed with organic fiber and steel fibers. The fire resistance of high-performance fiber reinforced cement composites is desirable in terms of physical and m...
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Guiwen Liu, Jie Liu, Neng Wang, Xuanyi Xue and Youjia Tan
Fire has significant effects on the residual resistance of steel structures. It is necessary to accurately clarify its effects on Q690 HSS plate girders, which have been widely used. In this paper, the ultimate resistance and effective service resistance...
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Dwi Agus Setiawan Wardaya,Handoko Sugiharto,Pamuda Pudjisuryadi
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In this study, behaviour of reinforced concrete columns strengthened using fiber reinforced polymer (FRP; glass fiber and carbon fiber) after fire exposure are discussed. After being exposed to fire as high as 720oC for 180 minutes, the specimens showed ...
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Miora Nirina Robson, Omar Al-Mansouri, Nicolas Pinoteau, Marco Abate, Kenton McBride, Roberto Piccinin, Sébastien Rémond and Dashnor Hoxha
Under fire conditions, bonded anchors often exhibit pull-out failure due to the thermal sensitivity of polymer-based adhesives. However, progress in manufacturing has allowed the development of more thermoresistant mortars, enhancing the probability of o...
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Wisal Ahmed, C. W. Lim and Arslan Akbar
In recent times, the applications of fiber-reinforced recycled aggregate concrete (FRAC) in practical engineering have gained greater popularity due to its superior mechanical strength and fracture properties. To apply FRAC in buildings and other infrast...
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Elena Castoldi,Jose A. Molina
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Aim of study: We investigated the combined effect of seed mass and number of cotyledons on the seed germination of Pinus sylvestris var. iberica (Iberian Scots pine) in simulated fire conditions.Material and Methods: We used 3,600 fresh seeds extracted f...
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Matthew P. Thompson, Joe Scott, Paul G. Langowski, Julie W. Gilbertson-Day, Jessica R. Haas and Elise M. Bowne
Wildfires can cause significant negative impacts to water quality with resultant consequences for the environment and human health and safety, as well as incurring substantial rehabilitation and water treatment costs. In this paper we will illustrate how...
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Gustavo Henrique Nalon, José Carlos Lopes Ribeiro, Leonardo Gonçalves Pedroti, Roberto Marcio da Silva, Eduardo Nery Duarte de Araújo, Rodrigo Felipe Santos and Gustavo Emilio Soares de Lima
The structural performance of civil engineering infrastructures exposed to elevated temperatures has been investigated in many recent works. Some of these studies evaluated the residual mechanical behavior of masonry prisms subjected to high temperatures...
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Monika Bjelopavlovic, Desiree Degering, Karl Martin Lehmann, Daniel G. E. Thiem, Jochen Hardt and Katja Petrowski
The INTERPOL standard for the identification of unknown individuals includes the established primary characteristics of fingerprint, DNA, and teeth. Exposure to noxious agents such as fire and water often severely limits the availability of usable materi...
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Mehdi Nikoo, Ghazanfarah Hafeez and Paulo Cachim
The article investigates the temperature prediction in rectangular timber cross-sections exposed to fire. Timber density, exposure time, and the point coordinates within the cross-section are treated as inputs to determine the temperatures. A total of 54...
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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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Giulia Masi
Alkali activated materials as possible sustainable alternative to cementitious binders showed competitive performances in terms of mechanical and durability properties and high temperature stability. For this reason, light weight fly-ash based mortars ha...
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Manuel Cunha Pereira, António Soares, Inês Flores-Colen and João Ramôa Correia
Thermal mortars incorporating insulating aggregates are a possible solution to ensure good thermal performance and thermal comfort in buildings due to their low thermal conductivity coefficient. Under some circumstances, namely for particular in-service ...
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