Model scale fire tests using wood cribs of different porosity in a ventilated tunnel are presented. The study focuses on the effect of air velocity on maximum Heat Release Rate (HRR) and fire growth rate. To study the influence of different parameters, free burn tests and fire tests inside a model-scale tunnel were performed. The tunnel was 10 m long, the widths used were 0.3 m, 0.45 m, and 0.6...

Improving technology transfer through national systems of innovation: climate relevant innovation-system builders (CRIBs) David Ockwell & Rob Byrne a Department of Geography, STEPS Centre, Sussex Energy Group and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, Chichester 1, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, UK b SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit), STEPS Centre, Sus...

Community baby showers have provided education and free portable cribs to promote safe sleep for high-risk infants. We evaluated knowledge gained at these showers and the effectiveness of holding baby showers at a primary care clinic as an alternative to traditional community venues. Participants at the community venue were more likely to exhibit risk factors associated with unsafe sleep and to...

INTRODUCTION: SSS has been used to map the sea bottom and search for submerged objects since the 1960's (Fleming, 1976). Recent experiments by CERC and the Buffalo District have shown SSS to be useful for inspecting both sloping coastal structures (i.e., rubble-mound jetties and breakwaters) and vertical-wall structures (i.e., concrete caissons and timber cribs). SSS is an adaptation of high-fr...

Wood cribs pervade the fire research literature as chosen fuel load for testing within built environment. As such, underpinning knowledge of behaviour in compartments was developed from experiments using wood small compartments. Despite apparent incomparability porous fuel-beds such to real solid fuels environment, role mass transfer number (“B-Number”) defining compartment dynamics has receive...

PURPOSE To document specific patterns and products associated with mechanical suffocation among infants younger than 13 months of age for the period 1980 to 1997. METHODOLOGY A total 2178 case summaries from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's Death Certificate File were reviewed. A computerized database was created for information about the infants, products, and patterns of suffocat...

• An engineering CFD model for fire spread on wood cribs is demonstrated. Fire characterised at stick-by-stick level with least 2 × cells. Global matching of heat release rate, spread, burn-away and flame temperatures. Approximate linear regression between different modes incident radiant fluxes. Heat rate more sensitive to than stick burning rate. The temperature heterogeneity due in large ope...

The advanced oxidation process (AOP) is used to increase the treatment efficiency of effluents however, it is necessary to compare the toxicity of treated and untreated effluents to evaluate if the decontamination process does not cause any biological harm. Cultured cells have been previously used to assess the genotoxic and cytotoxic potential of various compounds. Hence, the aim of this work ...