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Intelligent Building Fire Safety and Smart Firefighting

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Editors:
  1. Xinyan Huang

    1. Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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  2. Wai Cheong Tam

    1. Fire Research Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

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  • Provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding field of smart firefighting
  • Includes in-depth discussions on the application of AI, Digital Twin, and Metaverse in fire safety
  • Covers special topics and applications illustrating the great perspectives of future fire resilient smart cities

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction to Fire Safety and Smart Building

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Building Fire Dynamics and Safety

      • Nils Johansson, Björn Karlsson, Stefan Svensson
      Pages 3-23

    3. Fire Hazards and Firefighting in the Residential Environment

      • Craig Weinschenk
      Pages 25-42

    4. Smart Buildings: State-Of-The-Art Methods and Data-Driven Applications

      • Cheng Fan, Fu Xiao, Huilong Wang
      Pages 43-63

    5. Introduction of Artificial Intelligence

      • Yuanyuan Wang, Eugene Yujun Fu, Xinwei Zhai, Chunxi Yang, Fengchun Pei
      Pages 65-97

  3. Intelligent Fire Safety Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Artificial Intelligence Powered Building Fire Safety Design Analysis

      • Yanfu Zeng, Xinyan Huang
      Pages 101-124

    3. Fire Safety Design of Confined Building Environment with Mechanical Ventilation

      • Xiao Chen
      Pages 125-145

    4. Automation of Structural Fire Resistance Design

      • Mhd Anwar Orabi, Zhuojun Nan, Asif Usmani
      Pages 147-164

    5. Improved Fire Safety in the Wildland-Urban Interface Through Smart Technologies

      • Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez, Michael Gollner, Shusmita Saha, Joseph Avalos, Ehsan Ameri
      Pages 165-198

    6. New Fire Protection Materials

      • Andre L. Thompson
      Pages 199-235

    7. Smart Safety Design for Firefighting, Evacuation, and Rescue

      • Yuxin Zhang, Xinyan Huang
      Pages 237-255

  4. Advanced Fire Identification

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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    2. Fire Database and Cybersecurity

      • Tianhang Zhang, Yishuo Jiang, Ray Y. Zhong
      Pages 259-280

    3. Sensor and Modelling Driven Real-Time Fire Forecast

      • Wolfram Jahn
      Pages 281-303

    4. Fire and Smoke Image Recognition

      • Yoon Ko, M. Hamed Mozaffari, Yuchuan Li
      Pages 305-333

    5. Internet of Things and Digital Twin in Fire Safety Management

      • Xiaoning Zhang, Tianhang Zhang, Yifei Ding, Xinyan Huang
      Pages 335-361

    6. Applying Machine Learning to Evaluate the Performance of Thin-Walled Steel Members in Fire

      • Qi Tong, Carlos Couto, Thomas Gernay
      Pages 363-384

  5. Smart Firefighting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 385-385
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About this book

This book provides the latest research and technology advances in building fire safety and smart firefighting. Different experts systemically review the application of new technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Virtual Reality, Digitalization, and Metaverse in fire safety areas. These multi-disciplinary research and technology fusion will significantly change the fire resilience design and firefighting practices in the next 20 years. Achieving urban fire safety and resilience also plays a key role in developing future smart buildings and cities. This book attracts more young researchers into the latest multi-disciplinary fire safety research and promotes the application of the new technologies in firefighting.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Xinyan Huang

  • Fire Research Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

    Wai Cheong Tam

About the editors

Dr. Xinyan Huang is an Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has co-authored over 100 journal papers on combustion, fire dynamics, and smart firefighting and serves as Associate Editor of the Fire Technology and International Journal of Wildland Fire.

Dr. Wai Cheong Tam is a Mechanical Engineer (ZP4) in Fire Fighting Technology Group from Fire Research Division at National Institute of Standards and Technology. He has co-authored over 50 academic publications on thermal radiation heat transfer, smart firefighting, and firefighters’ health monitoring.

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