Combustion and Fire Safety of Wood: From Built Environments to Forests
A special issue of Fire (ISSN 2571-6255). This special issue belongs to the section "Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 January 2026 | Viewed by 94
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flame retardant; textiles; composites; bio-based; wood
Interests: fire extinhuishing; drone; forest fire
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wood, rooted in forests, of immense ecological and economic importance in today’s sustainability-focused world, remains an indispensable renewable material, widely used in construction. However, its inherent combustibility calls for continued innovation in fire safety and risk reduction across both built and natural environments.
This Special Issue invites original research and critical reviews that advance our understanding of wood behaviour from multiple perspectives—ranging from construction applications to unmanaged wildlands.
We welcome contributions on the following topics:
- Physical, chemical, or combined treatments that modify the flammability, ease of ignition, heat release, or smoke toxicity of solid wood, engineered products, and bio-based composites.
- Comparative combustion characteristics of diverse species and value-added wood products under bench-scale and real-scale scenarios.
- Utilization of wood-derived components (e.g., biochar, lignin-based retardants) for passive or active fire-prevention technologies.
- Sensor networks, remote sensing, and modelling approaches for detecting, monitoring, and forecasting wildland or interface fires.
- Strategies to assess and mitigate the fire potential of logging residues, urban wood waste, and post-harvest fuels.
- Case studies linking laboratory findings to building codes, performance-based design, or landscape-scale fire management.
Interdisciplinary manuscripts bridging material science, forestry, structural engineering, and risk management are especially encouraged.
Dr. Elif Kaynak
Prof. Dr. Ágoston Restás
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- flammability and ignition
- combustion characteristics
- wood products
- wood-derived components
- bio-based composites
- passive or active fire-prevention technologies
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