R&D Activities

Water-fire interaction 

Subject of a PhD thesis presented in December 2013 Development of a predictive model of surface cooling by sprinkling Study of hot gas cooling Identification of possible applications of fire safety engineering

Modelling of evacuation conditions and time necessary for evacuation

Subject of an M2 internship presented in September 2014 on the critical analysis of existing advanced models Subject of a PhD thesis which began in October 2014 Development of a stochastic approach to evacuation Improvement in visibility modelling Development of models applicable to fire safety engineering studies

Cohabitation between sprinklers / natural smoke clearance

• Subject of a PhD thesis which began in October 2014, funded by the French Group of manufacturers and installers of thermal insulation and smoke evacuation equipment (GIF) affiliated to the French Fire-fighting Equipment Federation (FFMI).
• Critical analysis of experimental studies conducted to date.
• Investigation of the points which are not subject to consensus, based on tests and standard configuration modelling.
• Development of a sprinkler / smoke clearance cohabitation guide.