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Performance-Based Codes: Economics, Documentation, and Design
Keyword:
codes
and
firesafety
Creator:
Averill, Jason D.
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
1999-05-11
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Risk-Based Fire Research Decision Methodology
Keyword:
Expert Panel
,
Analytical Hierarchy Process
,
Decision
,
Methodology
, and
Risk
Creator:
Hansen, Richard L.
Advisor:
Noonan, Francis
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
1999-05-13
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
A Computer Model of Fire Spread from Engine to Passenger Compartments in Post-Collision Vehicles
Keyword:
fire modeling
,
car fires
, and
cfd
Creator:
Ierardi, James A.
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
1999-05-24
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Flame Spread on Composite Materials for use in High Speed Craft
Keyword:
ISO 9705
,
Flame spread
,
IMO
,
heat flux map
,
radiation network
,
High-speed craft
,
flame height
,
composite materials
,
computer model
, and
CFAST
Creator:
Wright, Mark T.
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
1999-11-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Prediction of Fire Growth on Furniture Using CFD
Keyword:
fire growth
,
furniture
, and
CFD
Creator:
Pehrson, Richard
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
1999-05-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Use of Fire Plume Theory in the Design and Analysis of Fire Detector and Sprinkler Response
Keyword:
automatic sprinkler systems
,
fire detector
, and
fire plume
Creator:
Schifiliti, Robert P.
Advisor:
Custer, Richard L.
and
Beyler, Craig L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2000-01-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Alternate Computer Models of Fire Convection Phenomena for the Harvard Computer Fire Code
Keyword:
computer fire modeling
,
computer
,
fire code
, and
Fire
Creator:
Beller, Douglas K.
Advisor:
Beyler, Craig L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2000-06-15
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Evaluation of New Test Methods for Fire Fighting Clothing
Keyword:
Creator:
Gagnon, Brian D.
Advisor:
Keltner, N. R.
and
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2000-04-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Fire Environments Typical of Navy Ships
Keyword:
heat resistance
,
heat fluxes
,
Navy
, and
fires
Creator:
LeBlanc, David
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-05-01
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Fire Characteristics of Cored Composite Materials for Marine Use
Keyword:
cored composite materials
,
Navy
, and
fire models
Creator:
Grenier, Andrew T.
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
and
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-05-01
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Development of an Improved Fabric Flammability Test
Keyword:
Clothing
and
Manikin
Creator:
Fay, Terry S
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-06-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Performance Based Design of Structural Steel for Fire Conditions
Keyword:
Fire Conditions
,
Performance Based
, and
Structural Steel
Creator:
Parkinson, David L
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-08-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Building Performance Evaluation: An Organization for Documentation
Keyword:
building performance
and
Fire Safety
Creator:
Almås, Johannes
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
and
Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-01-07
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Fire-Robust Structural Engineering: A Framework Approach to Structural Design for Fire Conditions
Keyword:
framework approach
,
Performance-Based Design
,
beam
,
information management
,
lumped-parameter
,
Fire Safety
,
restrained
,
laboratory tests
,
Finite Element
,
Steel
,
structural engineering
, and
plastic analysis
Creator:
Johann, Matthew A.
Advisor:
Albano, Leonard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-12-19
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Thermal Decomposition Products Testing With 1,1,1,2,2,4,5,5,5 nonafluoro-4-trifluoromethyl pentan-3-one (C6 F-ketone) During Fire Extinguishing
Keyword:
clean extinguishing agent
,
novec 1230
,
thermal decomposition products
,
halon alternative
, and
c6 f-ketone
Creator:
Ditch, Benjamin D.
Advisor:
Thomas, Scott D.
and
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-01-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Fire Scenarios for an Improved Fabric Flammability Test
Keyword:
flammability test
,
Clothing
, and
firefighter
Creator:
Woodward, Andrew Bruce
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
A Building Evaluation Technique for Fire Department Suppression
Keyword:
firefighter
,
discrete event
, and
Simulation
Creator:
Till, Robert
Advisor:
Fitzgerald, Robert W.
and
Strong, Diane M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2000-12-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
CFD Simulation of Soot Formation and Flame Radiation
Keyword:
Diffusion Flames
,
CFD
,
soot formation
,
soot oxidation
,
field modeling
,
FDS
,
soot
, and
flame radiation
Creator:
Lautenberger, Christopher W.
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-01-15
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Model Validation in Fire Protection Engineering
Keyword:
Model Validity Criterion
,
model evaluation
,
Validation
,
fire model
, and
model uncertainty
Creator:
Lantz, Renee Vaillancourt
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2001-08-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Determination of Failure Criteria for Electric Cables Exposed to Fire for Use in a Nuclear Power Plant Risk Analysis
Keyword:
electric cables
,
Fire
, and
nuclear power plant
Creator:
Murphy, Jill E.
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-01-14
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
A Performance Evaluation of Low Pressure Carbon Dioxide Discharge Test
Keyword:
NFPA 12
,
Surface fire
,
Maximum percent of agent in pipe
,
Carbon dioxide extinguishing system
,
Free efflux
,
No efflux
,
Deap-seated fire
,
Low pressure
, and
Flow calculation
Creator:
Lee, Sung-Mo
Advisor:
Zalosh, Robert G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Development of an Instrumented Dynamic Mannequin Test to Rate the Protection Provided by Protective Clothing
Keyword:
Fire Protection
,
Firefighers Clothing
, and
Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility
Creator:
Sipe, Joel Edwards
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Water Spray Suppression and Intensification of High Flash Point Hydrocarbon Pool Fires
Keyword:
suppression
,
high flash point pool fire
, and
drop size
Creator:
Ho, San-Ping
Advisor:
Zalosh, Robert G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-08-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Fire Behavior and Fuel Modeling of Flammable Shrub Understories in Northeastern Pine-Oak Forests
Keyword:
Fire
,
forest
,
fire behavior
, and
Modeling
Creator:
Dell'Orfano, Michael E
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-10-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Barrier Performance Utilizing Normalized Heat Load as Part of an Engineering Based Building Fire Protection Analysis Method
Keyword:
Fire Safety
,
Fire
,
Fire Protection
, and
building protection
Creator:
Ferreira, Michael J.
Advisor:
Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-11-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Smoke Movement Analysis (Smoke Transport Within a Corridor)
Keyword:
full scale fire test
,
smoke
, and
Fire
Creator:
Cummings, W. Mark
Advisor:
Savilonis, Brian James
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-11-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
The Application of Fire Dynamics to Fire Forensics
Keyword:
Fire
,
forensics
,
fire dynamics
, and
fire investigation
Creator:
Gosselin, Steven Daniel
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-11-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Lifesafety Analysis in the Building Firesafety Method
Keyword:
Fire
,
lifesafety
,
egress
, and
building evacuation
Creator:
Ghosh, Gregory
Advisor:
Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-12-07
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Investigation of Enhanced Soot Deposition on Smoke Alarm Horns
Keyword:
acoustic agglomeration
,
smoke detector response
,
enhanced deposition
, and
soot deposition
Creator:
Phelan, Patrick
Advisor:
Woycheese, John P.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-01-07
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Building Evaluation for Manual Suppression
Keyword:
Fire
,
evaluation
,
manual suppression
, and
building fire protection
Creator:
Callery, James Francis
Advisor:
Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-01-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Dry Chemical Fire Suppression System Discharge Modeling and Testing
Keyword:
testing
,
program
,
Modeling
,
blow down
,
Model
,
discharge
,
dry chemical
, and
test
Creator:
Eber, Robert Mark
Advisor:
Zalosh, Robert G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2001-01-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Behavior of Wood Exposed to Fire: A Review and Expert Judgement Procedure for Predicting Assembly Failure.
Keyword:
Fire
,
structural failure
,
wood
,
construction
, and
Flame spread
Creator:
Bland, Kenneth Edward
Advisor:
Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-02-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Qualitative Study of the Effect of a Compartment Enclosure on Fire Plume Entrainment
Keyword:
zone model
,
enclosure
,
Fire
,
entrainment
,
Plume
, and
flame
Creator:
Anderson, Scott Kenneth
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-02-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Risk Assessment in Telephone Exchanges
Keyword:
Communication
,
Risk
,
hazard analysis
, and
telephone exchange fire
Creator:
Johnson, Peter F.
Advisor:
Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Measuring Speech Intelligibility in Voice Alarm Communication Systems
Keyword:
voice alarm communication system
,
speech intelligibility
,
common intelligibility scale (CIS)
, and
speech transmission index (STI)
Creator:
Geoffroy, Nancy Anne
Advisor:
Woycheese, John P.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Material Property Estimation Method Using a Thermoplastic Pyrolysis Model
Keyword:
thermoplastic
,
material property
,
pyrolysis model
,
finite difference method
,
thermometer
,
Cone Calorimeter
, and
fire dynamics simulators
Creator:
Lee, Seung Han
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-12-19
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Radiant Smoldering Ignition of Plywood
Keyword:
self-heating
,
bowes
,
smoldering ignition
, and
plywood
Creator:
Gratkowski, Mark T
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-08-31
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Room/Corner Fire Calibration Data: Marine Composite Screening Specimens
Keyword:
heat fluxes
,
composites
,
material properties
,
instrumentation
, and
fire testing
Creator:
Alston, Jarrod John
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-05-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
A Study of Smoke Aging Examining Changes in Smoke Particulate Size
Keyword:
Agglomeration
,
Smoke Particle
, and
laser scattering
Creator:
Lynch, James Andrew
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-05-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Theoretical Analysis of Light-Weight Truss Construction in Fire Conditions, Including the Use of Fire-Retardant-Treatment Wood
Keyword:
fire scenario
,
light-weight truss construction
, and
fire-retardant-treated wood
Creator:
Ziemba, Gilead Reed
Advisor:
Albano, Leonard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
3D Thermal Mapping of Cone Calorimeter Specimen and Development of a Heat Flux Mapping Procedure Utilizing an Infrared Camera
Keyword:
edge frame
,
one-dimensional heat conduction
,
three-dimensional heat conduction
,
temperature measurement
,
infrared camera
,
one-dimensional heat conduction model
,
Cone Calorimeter
,
ceramic fiberboard
,
edge effect
,
heat flux maps
,
thermal properties
,
specimen preparation
,
heat flux mapping procedure
,
retainer frame
, and
fire growth models
Creator:
Choi, Keum-Ran
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-02-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Bench Scale Apparatus Measurement Uncertainty and Uncertainty Effects on Measurement of Fire Characteristics of Material Systems
Keyword:
measurement uncertainty
and
composite properties
Creator:
Zhao, Lei
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-01
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
A Study on Pulsation In Runehamar Tunnel Fire Tests With Forced Longitudinal Ventilation
Keyword:
pulsation
,
fluctuation
,
oscillation
,
FDS
,
tunnel fire
,
forced ventilation
, and
fire dynamics simulator
Creator:
Kim, Mihyun Esther
Advisor:
Woycheese, John P.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-10-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Comparisons of Structural Designs in Fire
Keyword:
office buildings
,
steel beams
,
lumped parameter method
,
Cardington Tests
, and
design fire curves
Creator:
Collette, Kristin A
Advisor:
Albano, Leonard D.
and
Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Hot Surface Ignition Temperature of Dust Layers with and without Combustible Additives
Keyword:
self-heating
,
hot surface ignition temperature
, and
combustible liquid additives
Creator:
Park, Haejun
Advisor:
Zalosh, Robert G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Evaluation of FDS V.4: Upward Flame Spread
Keyword:
FDS
,
PMMA
, and
Fire Spread
Creator:
Kwon, Jaewook
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-09-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
FDS Modelling of Hot Smoke Testing, Cinema and Airport Concourse
Keyword:
FDS
,
smoke
,
CFD
,
computer modelling
, and
Hot smoke test
Creator:
Webb, Alex K
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-12-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Flammability Characteristics at Heat Fluxes up to 200 kW/m2 and The Effect of Oxygen on Flame Heat Flux
Keyword:
scalability
,
ignition
,
heat flux
,
flammability
,
mass loss rate
,
burning
,
Oxygen
, and
Fire
Creator:
Beaulieu, Patricia
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-12-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
The Effect of Resin Type and Glass Content on the Fire Engineering Properties of Typical FRP Composites
Keyword:
fire engineering properties
,
composites
,
property estimation
, and
fire modelling
Creator:
Avila, Melissa Barter
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-04-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Development and Validation of a Modified Clean Agent Draining Model for Total Flooding Fire Suppression Systems
Keyword:
total flooding
,
hold time
,
clean agent
,
retention time
, and
validation study
Creator:
Hetrick, Todd M
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2009-01-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
The Effect of Sprinkler Sprays on Fire Induced Mass Flow Rates
Keyword:
Vent Flow
,
Performance Based Design
, and
Sprinkler Spray
Creator:
Crocker, Jeremiah
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-05-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Characterizing the Flammability of Storage Commodities Using an Experimentally Determined B-number
Keyword:
scale modeling
,
warehouse fire
,
commodity classification
,
upward flame spread
,
flame height
, and
B number
Creator:
Overholt, Kristopher J
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2009-12-14
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
An investigation into the use of Cross Correlation Velocimetry
Keyword:
integral turbulent length scale
,
Cross Correlation Velocimetry
,
velocity
, and
fire flow
Creator:
Rockwell, Scott R
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-01-12
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Failure Analysis of the World Trade Center 5 Building
Keyword:
structural fire protection
,
Gerber beam design
,
structural collapse
,
steel construction
,
World Trade Center 5
,
shear connections
,
WTC 5
,
progressive collapse
, and
thermal-stress analysis
Creator:
LaMalva, Kevin Joseph
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-04-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Characterizing the Entry Resistance of Smoke Detectors
Keyword:
resistance factor
,
entry resistance
, and
smoke detector response modeling
Creator:
Ierardi, James Arthur
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
The Implementation of Residual Risk Analysis for Explosion Protection Systems
Keyword:
residual risk
and
explosion protection
Creator:
Tracy, Adam R
Advisor:
Notarianni, Kathy Ann
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-05-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Heat and Smoke Transport in a Residential-Scale Live Fire Training Facility: Experiments and Modeling
Keyword:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
,
ventilation
,
hot gas layer
,
residential-scale fire experiments
,
fire behavior
,
fire fighting tactics
,
Smokeview
,
computer-based training
,
FDS
, and
fire suppression
Creator:
Barowy, Adam M
Advisor:
Notarianni, Kathy Ann
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-08-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
A Porous Media Model for Sprinkler Wetting
Keyword:
sprinkler wetting
,
Heat Transfer
,
Cone Calorimeter
,
Mass transfer
, and
porous media
Creator:
Sipe, Joel E
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-04-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Study of Interaction of Entrained Coal Dust Particles in Lean Methane-Air Premixed Flames
Keyword:
coal dust
,
premixed flame
,
explosion
, and
burning velocity
Creator:
Xie, Yanxuan
Advisor:
Raghavan, Vasudevan
and
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-10-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Burning Characteristics of Individual Douglas-Fir Trees in the Wildland/Urban Interface
Keyword:
Modeling
,
Wildland Urban Interface
,
WUI
,
Douglas-fir
,
tree burn
, and
wildfire
Creator:
Baker, Elisa S
Advisor:
Simeoni, Albert
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-08-24
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Factors governing spontaneous ignition of combustible dusts
Keyword:
confinement geometry
,
weathering
,
spontaneous ignition
, and
coal dust
Creator:
Joshi, Kulbhushan Arvind
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
LES Modeling of Flow through Vegetation with Applications to Wildland Fires
Keyword:
drag force
,
wildland fires
,
les
,
vegetation
,
wind
, and
cfd
Creator:
Mueller, Eric Victor
Advisor:
Simeoni, Albert
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
A Study of Spreading and In Situ Burning of Oil in an Ice Channel
Keyword:
oil
,
ice
,
mass loss rate
,
in situ
, and
spread rate
Creator:
Bellino, Peter William
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Influence of Coal Dust on Premixed Turbulent Methane-Air Flames
Keyword:
experimental technique
,
coal
, and
turbulent burning velocity
Creator:
Rockwell, Scott
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-08-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
An integrated framework for the next generation of Risk-Informed Performance-Based Design approach used in Fire Safety Engineering
Keyword:
fire protection engineering
,
building performance
, and
Performance-Based Design
Creator:
Alvarez Rodriguez, Alberto
Advisor:
Meacham, Brian Jay
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-01-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
CFD Flame Spread Model Validation: Multi-Component Data Set Framework
Keyword:
fire modeling
,
turbulent buoyant fluid flow
,
Pyrolysis
,
condensed-phase pyrolysis
,
CFD
,
heat flux
,
Flame spread
,
fiber reinforced plastic
,
inert wall
,
combustible wall panel
,
dataset
,
2-D flame spread
,
plume velocity
,
flame heat transfer
,
free plume
,
experimental data
,
plume temperature
,
gas phase kinetics
,
FRP
, and
flame spread rate
Creator:
Wong, William Chiu-Kit
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-07-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Post-Earthquake Fire Performance of Buildings
Keyword:
earthquake building damage
,
Performance-Based Design
,
fire following earthquake
, and
post-earthquake building fire
Creator:
Kim, Jin Kyung
Advisor:
Meacham, Brian Jay
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
An Analysis of Oil Combustion on Snow
Keyword:
oil spill
,
oil to snow ratio
,
pool diameter
,
in situ burning
, and
snow porosity
Creator:
Alshuqaiq, Mohammad Abdullah
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-05-08
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Parameter Estimation Methods for Comprehensive Pyrolysis Modeling
Keyword:
Parameter Estimation
and
comprehensive pyrolysis model
Creator:
Kim, Mihyun Esther
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-12-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Development of a holistic approach to integrate fire safety performance with building design
Keyword:
Performance Assessment
,
building fire safety
, and
building design
Creator:
Park, Hae-Jun
Advisor:
Meacham, Brian Jay
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-01-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
A Study on Burning of Crude Oil in Ice Cavities
Keyword:
ice
,
mass loss rate
,
Crude oil
,
cavity
, and
Efficiency
Creator:
Farmahini Farahani, Hamed
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Development and Assessment of a Decision Support Framework for Enhancing the Forensic Analysis and Interpretation of Fire Patterns
Keyword:
fire investigation
,
fire protection engineering
,
origin determination
,
fire effects
, and
fire patterns
Creator:
Gorbett, Gregory Edward
Advisor:
Meacham, Brian Jay
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-08-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Outdoor Gas Emission Sampling System: A Novel Method for Quantification of Fires in Outdoor Conditions
Keyword:
Fire
,
calorimetry
,
outdoor
, and
heat release rates
Creator:
Tukaew, Panyawat
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-05-02
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
A Decision Support Framework for Assessing the Technical Adequacy of Performance-Based Design Approaches to Fire Safety Engineering
Keyword:
Risk
,
Fire Safety
,
Fire Protection
,
Decision Support
, and
Performance-Based Design
Creator:
Ivans, William Jeffrey, Jr.
Advisor:
Meacham, Brian Jay
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-12-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Influence of the Reactant Temperature on Particle Entrained Laminar Methane-Air Premixed Flames
Keyword:
Premixed
,
Laminar
,
Reactant Temperature
,
Particle
, and
Methane
Creator:
Lee, Minkyu
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-05-01
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Influence of Dusts on Premixed Methane-Air Flames
Keyword:
Laminar
,
radiation
,
dust
,
sodium bicarbonate
,
coal
,
inert
,
turbulent intensity
,
heat flux
,
premixed flame
,
Turbulence
,
dust concentration
, and
burning velocity
Creator:
Ranganathan, Sreenivasan
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-03-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Melting of Ice and Formation of Lateral Cavity during In Situ Burning in Ice-Infested Waters
Keyword:
Marangoni convection
,
scaling
,
ice melting
,
in-situ burning
,
Arctic
, and
oil spill
Creator:
Farmahini Farahani, Hamed
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-02-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Hazard Assessment of Portable Gasoline Container Flammability
Keyword:
gasoline container flammability vapor concentratio
Creator:
Elias, Brian
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-10-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
An Introduction to Fire Performance Monitoring for Buildings
Keyword:
Fire performance monitoring
,
Building fire performance gap
,
Artificial neural network
,
Response surface method
,
Sensitivity matrix method
, and
Available safe egress time
Creator:
Wang, Honggang
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-01-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Air entrainment into vortex flow in an open top cavity
Keyword:
Vortex
,
Air entrainment
,
Cavity
, and
Heat Transfer
Creator:
Wei, Chuming
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
and
Urban, James
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Influence of Turbulence on Fuel Slick Fires with an Immersed Conductive Object
Keyword:
Heat transfer
,
Pool fire
,
Nucleate boiling
,
Thermally conductive nonflammable object
, and
Isotropic turbulence
Creator:
Chang, Li
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-09-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Pool Fire Burning Facilitated by Subcooled Nucleate Boiling Heat and Mass Transfer Processes
Keyword:
bubble visualization
,
heat and mass transfer
,
boiling
,
Finite Difference Method
,
pool fire
, and
oil spill
Creator:
Pi, Xiaoyue
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
and
Raghavan, Vasudevan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-01-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Effect of Inert Gas Discharge Time on Wood Crib Fires in Reduced-Scale and Full-Scale Experiments
Keyword:
discharge testing
,
scaling wood cribs
, and
inert gas
Creator:
Zimak, Jon
Advisor:
Simeoni, Albert
and
Puchovsky, Milosh T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-04-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Energetics of Lithium-Ion Battery Failure during Use and Thermal Abuse
Keyword:
Discharging
,
Thermal runaway
,
Batteries
, and
Lithium-ion
Creator:
Calcagno, William
Advisor:
Urban, James
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-04-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
The Behavior of Pit Fires
Keyword:
Fire behavior
,
Waste disposal
,
Burn pit
, and
Fire dynamics
Creator:
Kimmerly, Veronica
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-04-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
A Study of the Ignition Mechanism for Dead Pinus Palustris Needles
Creator:
Gong, Weixuan
Advisor:
Simeoni, Albert
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-01-12
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Burning Behavior of Fuel on Water Under the Influence of Waves.
Keyword:
in-situ burning
,
water sublayer
,
pool fire
,
waves
, and
burning rate
Creator:
Sauer, Nathaniel
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Heat Release Rate of Fires Using Point-Based Sampling
Keyword:
Emissions
,
Crude oil
,
Oil spill
,
Pool fire
,
Combustion products
, and
Calorimetry
Creator:
Ho, Hsin-Hsiu
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Impact of Immersed Conductive Objects and Relative Influence of Immersion Depth on Quasi-Steady Burning Behavior of Dodecane Fuel Slick on Turbulent Waters
Keyword:
Refluxer Technology
,
Burning Behavior
,
Insitu Burning
,
Pool Fire
,
Heat Transfer Model
, and
Turbulent Wavy Waters
Creator:
Kottalgi, Mahesh
Advisor:
Nair, Sharanya
and
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Development of a Performance Based (Multi-characteristic) Tool for Wall Insulation System Optimization
Keyword:
performance-based design
,
insulation
,
multi-objective optimization
,
sustainability
, and
fire safety
Creator:
You, Young-Geun
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
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