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Thermal safety of combustible materials

Submission status
Open
Open for submission from
05 February 2024
Submission deadline
31 August 2024
Pyrolysis and combustion are two important processes during the whole combustion stage of combustible materials, which is also related to its thermal safety characteristics. The study of thermal safety is fundamental for combustion and can determine the intensity of a potential fire disaster. Materials thermal safety characteristics have drawn significant attention among fire researchers in recent years. When material surface is exposed to external heat flux, these exposed materials can degrade and generate combustible gas, which can escape from the materials’ surface through bubbling. When the generated combustible gas mixes with oxygen, the gas mixture can be easily ignited with a spark. At the same time, the generated flame can transfer heat to the pyrolysis surface in terms of heat conduction, convection, and radiation. Materials thermal safety characteristics and kinetics can be regarded as the fundamentals of materials combustion modelling. The main topics of this special issues are as follows, but not limited to: Pyrolysis mechanism and kinetics of combustible materials; Flammability, fire dynamics, and risk assessment; Combustion modelling and kinetics; Novel method for material thermal safety

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  • Prof. Qiang Xu Prof. Qiang Xu  &

    Prof. Qiang Xu

    received his PhD from Nanjing University of Science and Technology in 2000，and had a postdoc experience in State Key Laboratory of Fire Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, where he conducted material flammability and fire suppression researches. His research includes characterization of flammability, ignition and flame spread of solid materials, thermal measurement methods for fire safety research. He has over 50 publications about material's fire research, and has international cooperations. Affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China

  • Dr. Lin Jiang Dr. Lin Jiang

    Dr. Lin Jiang

    is an associate professor in School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China. Dr Jiang received his PhD from University of Science and Technology of China in 2017, and BEng from Nanjing University of Science and Technology in 2012. Prior to join NJUST, Dr. Jiang was a postdoc researcher in State Key Laboratory of Fire Sciences, USTC, where he conducted discrete flame spread and safety of hazardous chemicals. Dr Jiang’s research includes thermal safety of hazardous chemicals. In google scholar, Dr. Jiang has over 40 publications and 3000 citations.

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