052 - More realism in evacuation modelling with Anne Templeton
You have seen these lovely evacuation simulations, the ones with a bunch of agents moving together or clumping at an exit. Ones that we use to determine ASET condition, and which are present in almost every large PBD project....
Play Episode View episode details
Recent Episodes
052 - More realism in evacuation modelling with Anne Templeton
May 25, 2022
You have seen these lovely evacuation simulations, the ones with a bunch of agents moving together or clumping at an exit. Ones that we use to determine ASET condition, and which are present in almost every large PBD project…
051 - Fire Science in eyes of a firefighter with Szymon Kokot
May 18, 2022
In this show, we often discuss how fire science can help firefighters. Today we drop the UNO reverse card and figure out what firefighters actually need from fire science. And for that, I've got a perfect person to talk to -…
050 - Wind, fire and a surprise
May 11, 2022
Episode 50! Time to celebrate, and for this one we have a surprise. A mysterious host takes over the show to interview a wind and fire modelling celebrity... Ok, this should be enough to not reveal everything once the show n…
049 - What burns inside a battery with Francesco Restuccia
May 4, 2022
So we all know batteries burn... but do we know what exactly does burn? What is inside this tiny metal cylinder that scares so many of us? We try to understand it a bit more with Dr Francesco Restuccia of Kings College Londo…
048 - Car parks, design fires and the broad world of fire science with Mike Spearpoint
April 27, 2022
Did you know first car parks were built for electric vehicles? Or what clever techniques can be used to model the spread of fire between vehicles? Or what challenges scientists meet burning vehicles, and why pneumatic suspen…
047 - Effective pressurization of compartments with Grzegorz Sypek
April 20, 2022
Pressurization is a common strategy for protecting spaces against the infiltration of smoke. However, the solution has a kind-of bad press as "not-working" or "incapable to meet its design goals". We know, that the systems a…
Follow:
