Special Issue "Performance-Based Design in Structural Fire Engineering"

A special issue of Fire (ISSN 2571-6255).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 17 January 2022.

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Maged A. Youssef
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
Interests: structural fire engineering; earthquake engineering; smart materials
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Dear Colleagues,

Performance-based design of structures in fire is gaining growing interest as a rational alternative to the traditionally adopted prescriptive code approach. This interest has led to its introduction in different codes and standards around the globe. Although engineers widely use performance-based methods to design structural components in earthquake engineering, adoption of such methods in fire engineering is still very limited. This Special Issue will address this shortcoming by providing engineers with the needed knowledge and recent research activities addressing performance-based design in structural fire engineering, including fire development, fire dynamics, heat transfer calculations, capacity of structural and non-structural elements, and fire-induced deformations. Although all submissions are welcome, studies that focus on structures within or near the wildland urban interface, structures of cultural importance, and outside structural fires (e.g. cladding fires) are of particular interest to the readership of Fire. I invite you to submit a paper to this Special Issue.

Prof. Maged A. Youssef
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • fire dynamics
  • travelling fires
  • heat transfer
  • capacity
  • deformations
  • performance-based design

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Hotspot Analysis of Structure Fires in Urban Agglomeration: A Case of Nagpur City, India
Fire 2021, 4(3), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4030038 - 21 Jul 2021
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Fire Service is the fundamental civic service to protect citizens from irrecoverable, heavy losses of lives and property. Hotspot analysis of structure fires is essential to estimate people and property at risk. Hotspot analysis for the peak period of last decade, using a [...] Read more.
Fire Service is the fundamental civic service to protect citizens from irrecoverable, heavy losses of lives and property. Hotspot analysis of structure fires is essential to estimate people and property at risk. Hotspot analysis for the peak period of last decade, using a GIS-based spatial analyst and statistical techniques through the Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) and Getis-Ord Gi* with Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW) interpolation is performed, revealing fire risk zones at the city ward micro level. Using remote sensing, outputs of hotspot analysis are integrated with the built environment of Land Use Land Cover (LULC) to quantify the accurate built-up areas and population density of identified fire risk zones. KDE delineates 34 wards as hotspots, while Getis-Ord Gi* delineates 17 wards within the KDE hotspot, the central core areas having the highest built-up and population density. A temporal analysis reveals the maximum fires on Thursday during the hot afternoon hours from 12 noon to 5 p.m. The study outputs help decision makers for effective fire prevention and protection by deploying immediate resource allocations and proactive planning reassuring sustainable urban development. Furthermore, updating the requirement of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to build urban resilient infrastructure in accord with the Smart City Mission. Full article
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