December 2022 - 44 articles
Adding recycled glass components to concrete mixes is a novel and sustainable option. Prior studies have recommended replacement ratios of 30% glass aggregates and 20% ground glass pozzolan as optimum substitutions in concrete mixes. The compressive...
Thermal analysis is widely used to investigate the properties of a variety of energetic materials, including the mutual compatibility of components of energetic material mixtures. Although thermal analysis methods are a valuable source of information...
Cactus plants are prevalent in hot terrain locations. The spines in the cactus plants have an important function in preventing water evaporation. The strong pointed spines serve to distribute heat and prevent internal moisture loss owing to high heat...
A fireproof insulation board can be recycled, and the raw materials used in its production are very environmentally friendly, non-toxic and non-hazardous, and bring no harm to the human body and the surrounding environment. One practical application...
Fire is one of the most common and harmful disasters in real life. In 2021, firefighting teams in China reported 748,000 fires, resulting in 1987 deaths, 2225 injuries and CNY 6.75 billion of direct property losses, which account for 0.05‰ of...
In this study, an underground pipe gallery was taken as the research subject to explore the influence of nitrogen injection flow rate and pipe diameter on the fire extinguishing efficiency in an underground narrow confined space. A liquid nitrogen fi...
Under some circumstances, fires can be ignited by electric current. The two main mechanisms for this are arcing/sparking and hot surfaces. However, it has been viewed for a long time that this will not happen if the voltage, current, energy, or power...
Based on the FIRMS MODIS active fire location data in the Chinese mainland from 2001 to 2018, the GIS fishing net (1 km × 1 km) was used to analyze the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of active fire occurrence probability and intens...
Fire disasters in informal settlements (also referred to as slums, shantytowns, favelas, etc.) are a major challenge worldwide, with a single incident being able to displace thousands of people. Numerous factors including dwelling spacing, material t...
On the evening of 5 April 2014, at a building located on 122 Tomis Boulevard, Constanta Municipality, Constanta County, Romania, a restaurant with its kitchen on the ground floor and a lounge bar located on the first floor experienced a fire, one tha...
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