Project Title: Research on Key Scientific Issues Concerning Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Safety

PrincipalInvestigator: Prof. Liu Naian

Funding Source: NSFC Major International (Regional) Joint Research Project

ProjectPeriod: 2012-2016

Chinese Members:

Prof. Liu Naian, Prof. Song Weiguo, Prof. Shu lifu, Prof. Jiang Yong, Asso. Prof.Zhu Jiping, Asso. Prof. Yao Bin, Asso. Prof. Chen Haixiang, Asso. Prof. Wang Qingsong, Dr. Xie Qiyuan, Mr. Yang Hui

Foreign partners:

NIST-Engineering Laboratory, EL, USA

Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, ICKC, Russia

Building Material Engineering Laboratory, BMEL, Tokyo University, Japan

Abstract:

Nowadays, Wildland-Urban Interface Fire (WUI fire) has become a global serious issue. The project seeks to deeply understand WUI fire behaviors and mechanisms essential for WUI fire safety engineering, by international cooperation among State Key Laboratory of Fire Science (China), Chinese Academy of Forestry (China), NIST Engineering Laboratory (USA), Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion (Russia) and Building Material Engineering Laboratory (Japan). It first studies the mechanisms and characteristics of large-scale flame radiation and spot fire in WUI fires. The ignitability of building materials by flame radiatin or fire brands will be then investigated. Further, the glass breakage behaviors by WUI fires and the effect of wind on enclosure fire dynamics will be explored. Based on these, the global WUI fire propagation models and human evacuation models will be developed. The project provides innovative knowledge for WUI fire safety design and fire emergency.