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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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