T. Lennon

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a numerical study highlighting the consequences of adopting many of the differing property sets available in the literature, the sensitivity of temperature development resulting from deviations from the assumptions that underpin such properties, and the consequence of adopting plasterboard properties derived from standard fire tests, in natural fire situations.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors have carried out large-scale fire tests to determine the response of different floor systems to a realistic fire scenario, which can be taken into account in the dynamic risk assessments that underpin fire fighting operations.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study has been undertaken to establish how the conductivity properties of the char layer influence the depth of char in parametric fires, and a modified conductivity model is shown to be applicable to a range of densities and moisture contents of timber and also variations in heating rate and fire load density.

TL;DR: In this article, the performance of SIPS is evaluated in a real fire scenario with four two-storey SIP buildings with different types of reinforced polystyrene (EPS) and polyurethane foam.

TL;DR: In this paper, the fire-resistance performance of large timber buildings is generally related to the standard fire test and EN 1995-1-2 may be used to demonstrate fire resistance by means of calculation or numerical modelling.