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Journal articleBelcher CM, Mander L, Rein G, et al., 2010,
Increased fire activity at the Triassic/Jurassic boundary in Greenland due to climate-driven floral change
, NATURE GEOSCIENCE, Vol: 3, Pages: 426-429, ISSN: 1752-0894- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 140
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Conference paperJonsdottir AM, Rein G, 2009,
Out of range
, Pages: 14-17, ISSN: 1757-1324A survey and comparison of King's Buildings Campus (KB) and Informatics Forum was undertaken by the University of Edinburgh to review the narrow design fire specifications of the Eurocodes for many new buildings. Twenty-eight of the main buildings in the KB campus were inspected out of which 26 that have one or more enclosures fall outside the applicability of the Eurocode. The rooms/enclosures that were out of range with the Eurocode limitations were atriums open between floors, laboratories or workshops with skylights in the roof, larger lecture theatres where the height was over 4m, and floor areas over 500m2. The Informatics Forum at the University of Edinburgh had an open design that is beyond the range of applicability of traditional design methods. In the Informatics Forum, 8% of the total volume is inside the limitations. The difference in both the buildings could be due to the construction period.
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Book chapterGutiérrez-Montes C, Rein G, Sanmiguel-Rojas E, et al., 2009,
Smoke and fire dynamics in atria and large enclosures: An overview
, Fire Safety, Editors: Søgaard, Krogh, Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Pages: 1-42, ISBN: 9781607414902The proliferation of atria within modern large buildings is relatively recent. An atrium can be defined as a large open space connecting two or more storeys. Atria are important architectonical features since the 60's and can be found, among others, in shopping centres, office buildings and high-rise buildings, airports, stations and sports centres. However, the atrium represents an innovative, complex and non conventional architectonical element that can lead to fire environments diverging significantly from those in conventional compartments used in the development of current codes and standards. They are a source of discussion in the fire safety community because smoke can easily spread from one floor to another making the traditional methodologies for compartmentation of little or null effect. The design of smoke management in atria has been based on prescriptive codes since the 70's. It was not until the mid 80's that the phenomena started to be the objective of both experimental and numerical studies. It is because of the subsequent improved understanding on fire dynamics and smoke management together with the increased computing power available nowadays, that there is a progressive movement from prescriptive-based to performance-based codes which is also chaning the way atria are designed. The aim of the present work is to provide a broad overview of the current state-of-the-art of fires in atria. A brief introduction to the characteristics and types of atrium structures is presented first. Then, a description of the fire dynamics as well as the main safety problems that arise in case of fire are considered. A historical discussion of the research, including experimental and numerical studies, is presented, and current design methodologies and fire safety strategies are discussed. The final part of the overview addresses the international tendencies towards the introduction of performance-based fire protection codes. This overview highlights the need for furt
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Journal articleColella F, Rein G, Borchiellini R, et al., 2009,
Calculation and design of tunnel ventilation systems using a two-scale modelling approach
, BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT, Vol: 44, Pages: 2357-2367, ISSN: 0360-1323- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 63
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Journal articleStern-Gottfried J, Rein G, Torero J, 2009,
Travel guide
, Fire Risk Management, Pages: 12-16, ISSN: 1757-1324The concept of 'traveling fires' in large enclosures, which assist with structural fire analysis, is discussed. These fires represent a new understanding of fire behavior in modern building layouts. Fire scenarios currently used for the structural fire design of modern buildings are based on traditional methods that come from the extrapolation of existing fire test data. This test geometry allows for good mixing of the fire gases and thus for a uniform temperature distribution throughout the compartment. The standard fire came from collating various fire tests into one idealized curve. A traveling fire can therefore inflict the structure with elevated temperatures for longer durations. The traditional design methods for thermal inputs for structural analysis are known to be valid for small enclosures.
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Journal articleValencia LB, Rogaume T, Guillaume E, et al., 2009,
Analysis of principal gas products during combustion of polyether polyurethane foam at different irradiance levels
, FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL, Vol: 44, Pages: 933-940, ISSN: 0379-7112- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 49
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Journal articleGutierrez-Montes C, Sanmiguel-Rojas E, Viedma A, et al., 2009,
Experimental data and numerical modelling of 1.3 and 2.3 MW fires in a 20 m cubic atrium
, BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT, Vol: 44, Pages: 1827-1839, ISSN: 0360-1323- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 63
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Journal articleSwitzer C, Pironi P, Gerhard JI, et al., 2009,
Self-Sustaining Smoldering Combustion: A Novel Remediation Process for Non-Aqueous-Phase Liquids in Porous Media
, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Vol: 43, Pages: 5871-5877, ISSN: 0013-936X- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 76
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Journal articleRein G, Torero JL, Jahn W, et al., 2009,
Round-robin study of <i>a priori</i> modelling predictions of the Dalmarnock Fire Test One
, FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL, Vol: 44, Pages: 590-602, ISSN: 0379-7112- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 61
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Journal articlePironi P, Switzer C, Rein G, et al., 2009,
Small-scale forward smouldering experiments for remediation of coal tar in inert media
, PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, Vol: 32, Pages: 1957-1964, ISSN: 1540-7489- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 85
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Journal articleRein G, Cohen S, Simeoni A, 2009,
Carbon emissions from smouldering peat in shallow and strong fronts
, PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, Vol: 32, Pages: 2489-2496, ISSN: 1540-7489- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 69
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Journal articleRein G, 2009,
Smouldering Combustion Phenomena in Science and Technology
, International Review of Chemical Engineering, Vol: 1, Pages: 3-18G Rein, Smouldering Combustion Phenomena in Science and Technology, International Review of Chemical Engineering (11 non-self citations) (Invited review paper).http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2678
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Conference paperJahn W, Rein G, Torero JL, 2008,
The effect of model parameters on the simulation of fire dynamics
, Pages: 1341-1352, ISSN: 1817-4299The sensitivity of computer fire modelling using results from NIST's Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) to a set of input parameters related to fire growth has been analyzed. The scenario simulated is the real-scale Dalmarnock Fire Test One and the modelling results are compared to the measurements. Fire size and location, convection, radiation and combustion parameters were varied in order to determine the associated degree of sensitivity. Emphasis is put in the prediction of secondary ignition and time to flashover. In this context and while keeping the HRR constant, simulations of fire growth are significantly sensitive to location of the heat release rate (HRR), fire area, flame radiative fraction, and material thermal and ignition properties. The simulations are relatively insensitive to the heat of combustion (while keeping the HRR constant), the soot yield and the heating from the smoke layer. The results indicate that the future development of successful fire forecast methodologies of fire growth using CFD must focus on the global HRR as well as the important parameters identified here. Copyright © 2008 International Association For Fire Safety Science.
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Journal articlePutzeys OM, Fernandez-Pello AC, Rein G, et al., 2008,
The piloted transition to flaming in smoldering fire retarded and non-fire retarded polyurethane foam
, FIRE AND MATERIALS, Vol: 32, Pages: 485-499, ISSN: 0308-0501- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 17
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Journal articleAbecassis-Empis C, Reszka P, Steinhaus T, et al., 2008,
Characterisation of Dalmarnock fire Test One
, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol: 32, Pages: 1334-1343, ISSN: 0894-1777 -
Journal articleRein G, Cleaver N, Ashton C, et al., 2008,
The Severity of Smouldering Peat Fires andDamage to the Forest Soil
, Catena, Vol: 74, Pages: 304-309, ISSN: 1872-6887 -
Conference paperRein G, Garcia J, Simeoni A, et al., 2008,
Smouldering natural fires: comparison of burning dynamics in boreal peat and Mediterranean humus
, 1st International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Forest Fires, Publisher: WIT PRESS, Pages: 183-+, ISSN: 1743-3541- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 20
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Conference paperSwitzer C, Pironi P, Rein G, et al., 2008,
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF SELF-SUSTAINING THERMAL AQUIFER REMEDIATION (STAR) FOR NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (NAPL) SOURCES
, 10th International UFZ-Deltares/TNO Conference on Soil-Water Systems, Publisher: HELMHOLTZ CENTRE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH-UFZ, Pages: 365-371 -
Conference paperRoxburgh R, Rein G, 2008,
Study of wildfire in-draft flows for counter fire operations
, 1st International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Forest Fires, Publisher: WIT PRESS, Pages: 13-22, ISSN: 1746-448X- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 5
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Journal articleRein G, Fernandez-Pello AC, Urban DL, 2007,
Computational model of forward and opposed smoldering combustion in microgravity
, PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, Vol: 31, Pages: 2677-2684, ISSN: 1540-7489- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 50
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