Fire Science and Technology 2015: The Proceedings of 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology

Memories of Professor Toshisuke Hirano.- Fire resistance ofmulti-storey timber buildings.- Ultimate Strength and Its Application toPost-Earthquake Fire Resistance of Steel Frames in Fire.- Integrating Wildlandand Urban Fire Risks in Local Development Strategies in Indonesia.- Thermalanalysis and flame spread behavior of building-used thermal insulationmaterials.- A Discussion on Tall Building Fire Safety in the Asia-OceaniaRegions.- Towards a Risk-Informed Performance-Based Approach for Post-EarthquakeFire Protection Design of Buildings.- Interaction of a pool fire in acompartment with negative pressure generated by mechanical ventilation.- PoolFire Behavior in a Small and Mechanically-Ventilated Compartment.- Discussionon Heat Lost through Solid Boundaries in Modeling Atrium Fires under MechanicalExhaust.- Experimental Study on Fire Behavior in a Compartment under MechanicalVentilated Conditions.- Study of the Occupant Characteristics during Evacuationin Medium and High-rise Buildings in Indonesia.- Effect of Weibull DistributedPre-movement Time on Evacuation.- Travel Speed and Visibility in a PedestrianSpace with Inhomogeneous Distribution of Floor Illuminance.- Analysis ofCommuter line\'s Passenger Movement in the Station during Peak Hours.- TheEffect of Multi-component Electrolyte Additive on LiFePO4 Based Lithium IonBatteries.- PVC Cable Fire Toxicity using the Cone Calorimeter.- Lessons Learntfrom the 0801 Petrochemical Pipeline Explosions in Kaohsiung City.-Experimental study of the fire behaviour of wooden facades.- VerificationMethodology of Vertical Fire Spread to Upstairs Room via Openings and FacadeWall.- Experimental Study on Confluence of the Emerged Flames Ejected from TwoAdjacent Openings.- Neutral plane and length scale of spill fire plumeconsidering the effects of cross-ventilation.- Fire safety design on theperformance-based for skyscraper - a case in Japan.- Study on fire plumebehavior in vertical shafts of buildings.- Experimental investigation on glasscracking for wind load combined with radiant heating.- Comparison of ExistingTime-Equivalence Methods and the Minimum Load Capacity Method.- Components andConsequences of Cross-Laminated Timber Delamination.- Fire Behavior of CrossLaminated Timber (CLT) Slabs: Two-way Action.- Influence of Water Content onTotal Strain of Super-high-strength Concrete under Elevated Temperature.- AStudy on Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Walls Exposed toHydrocarbon Fire under Vertical Load.- Response of Steel Members Subject toTemperature Gradient in Localized Fires.- Tensile Resistance of SpliceConnections with High Strength Bolts in Fire.- Statistical Analysis onReliability of Sprinkler Systems.- Determination of design fire load forstructural fire safety in the compartment subdivided by non-fire ratedpartitions.- Linking Safety Factor and Probability of Failure based on MonteCarlo Simulation in Fire Safety Design.- Domestic Sprinkler: It is Time toConsider Mandatory Requirement in Hong Kong.- Discuss Performance-Based FireSafety Design in Taiwan - Case Study of \"Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts\".- ToImprove the Care Environments by Using Fire Safety Engineering for ExistingSmall-Scale Hospitals in Taiwan.- Risk Communication Applied to Community-basedFire Mitigation and Management for Historic Areas.- Experimental study on theeffect of frame height of bed mattress upon fire behavior in compartment.-Analysis of combustion expansion and heat release rate during combustion ofmattress installed at different heights.- Defining the Heat Release Rate perUnit Area for use in Fire Safety Engineering Analysis.- Algebraic Equations forCalculating Surface Flame Spread and Burning of a Cubical-shaped PolyurethaneFoam Block.- An Experimental Study on the Mass Flow Rate from a Line FireSource along a Vertical Wall.- The Simulation of Release Consequence with aModified Gaussian Plume Model.- A Simple Hand Calculation Method to Estimatethe Pyrolysis Kinetics of Plastic and Wood Materials.- Research on firefightingsimulation training system of large oil tank zone.- Research on indoorfirefighter positioning based on inertial navigation.- Comparison ofBench-scale and Manikin Tests of Protective Clothing Systems during Low LevelRadiation.- Use of Water Curtains to Prevent Ignition by Firebrands.-Full-scale Experiments on Ship Accommodation Cabin Fire.- Underground StationFire Simulation with Multi-Layer Zone model.- Performance Based Approach forFire Safety in Aboveground Mass Rapid Transit Stations.- Toxic Gas Emissions froma Timber-Pallet-Stack Fire in a Full Scale Compartment.- An experimental studyon the spread of burning gasoline spilling on water.- An Experimental Study ofComplex Fuel Burning Behavior using Characteristic Fuel Unit Approach.- AnAnalytical Method for the Estimation of Radiation Heat Flux from Open poolFires and pool Fires Impinging on Ceilings.- PIV Measurements of VelocityFields of Three Hot Air Jet Plumes Impinging on a Horizontal Ceiling.-Evaluation of Temperature-rise under an Eave due to Flame Impingement - Towardsthe Mitigation of Fire Spread Risk in Japanese Historic Urban Areas.- Aprocedure for measuring flame spread properties of materials by conecalorimeter.- Correlations between Measurements of Flame Retarded High DensityPolyethylene Composites Subjected to Three Conventional Fire Tests.- Firebehavior of intumescent polyurethane: synergy, morphology and kinetic.-Development and Validation of Skeletal Mechanism for Flame Inhibition byTrimethylphosphate.- A Validation Study of Existing Formulas for Determiningthe Critical Heat Release Rate for Flashover.- Experimental Study of Time toOnset of Flashover in Classroom Size Compartment.- Experimental Study and ModelAnalysis of Flashover in Confined Compartments.- Experimental study onradiation blockage of small-scale vertical PMMA fires.- Thermal Performance ofMagnesium Oxide Wall Board Using Numerical Modelling.- Burning Behaviors ofThermoplastic Pellets in Pans under Different Conditions.- Investigation of thecontribution to fire of electrical cable by a revisited mass loss cone.-Experimental study on thermal insulation properties of charred woods underradiative heating.- Thermal boundaries of intumescent-type insulations in conecalorimeter testing.- The effect of specimen thickness on critical heat fluxand effective thermal inertia calculations using Cone Calorimeter andIgnitability test apparatus.- Low Temperature CO Catalytic Oxidation overKOH-Hopcalite Mixtures and In-situ CO2 Capture from Fire Smoke.- Comparison andAssessment of Particle Mass Concentrations Measurements in Fire Smokes with aMicrobalance, Opacimeter and PPS Devices.- Improvements to the Hartmann DustExplosion Equipment for MEC Measurements that are Compatible with Gas LeanLimit Measurements.- Numerical Simulations of Gas-Phase Interactions ofPhosphorus-Containing Compounds with Cup-Burner Flames.- CFD Study of LargeCity Fires in Windy Conditions relevant to Aerial Firefighting.- The velocityand structure of the flame front at spread of fire across the pine needle beddepending on the wind velocity.- Smoke Filling in a Confined Compartment withSingle Ceiling Vent.- Full-Scale Tests and CFD Modeling to Investigate theEffect of Opening Arrangement on Smoke Layer Height in Atrium Fires.-Experimental Study on Influence of Air Supply System Difference on SmokeShielding Performance in Air Pressure Smoke Control.- An experimentalinvestigation of the fire induced oscillatory vent flow through a horizontalopening.- Experimental study of sidewall and pressure effect on verticaldownward flame spread over insulation material.- Heat Loss and Kinetic Effectson Extinction and Critical Self-sustained Propagation of Forced ForwardSmoldering.- Numerical study of the radiative and turbulent heat flux behaviorof upward flame spread over PMMA.- Validating the Function of Absorber Platesfor Auto-sprinkler System Activation.- An Experimental Study on theSmoke-logging Phenomenon using Sprinkler for Performance-Based EvacuationSafety Design.- Effect of Fire Detection Function on Fire Suppression in HomeStay Facilities in Taiwan.- Full-Scale Experimental Study on Fire SuppressionPerformance of a Water Mist System for Large Ship-board Machinery Spaces.-Examination of Extinguishment Method with Extinguishing Powder Packed in aSpherical Ice Capsule.- Experimental study on transformer oil pool firesuppression by water mist.- Inhibition of Propane/Air Premixed Flame by WaterMist.- The influence of Train on the Smoke Movement in Subway Tunnel withLongitudinal Ventilations.- The Effect of Aspect Ratios on Critical Velocity inTunnel Fires.- Influence of different longitudinal wind on natural ventilationefficiency with vertical shaft under different fires in tunnel.