Evaluating the fire risk associated with cladding panels: An overview of fire incidents, policies, and future perspective in fire standards

ACY Yuen, TBY Chen, A Li… - Fire and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multifunctional building façades have become an increasingly critical component in modern
buildings, especially after the tremendous scrutiny triggered by the utilization of combustible …

Interface decoration of exfoliated MXene ultra-thin nanosheets for fire and smoke suppressions of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer

B Yu, B Tawiah, LQ Wang, ACY Yuen, ZC Zhang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) has broad applications as lightweight materials due to its
multiple advantages and unique properties. Nevertheless, toxicity emission under fire …

Multiphase CFD modelling for enclosure fires—A review on past studies and future perspectives

ACY Yuen, IM De Cachinho Cordeiro… - Experimental and …, 2022 - Springer
Modern buildings and structures are commonly equipped with fire safety detection and
protection systems. Owing to the complexity in building architectures, performance-based …

Application of machine learning models in the behavioral study of forest fires in the Brazilian Federal District region

JNS Rubí, PHP de Carvalho, PRL Gondim - Engineering Applications of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecosystems, settlements, and human lives are put at risk by forest fires every year. Several
models proposed for the prediction of their occurrence and behavior have aimed at …

[HTML][HTML] Utilising genetic algorithm to optimise pyrolysis kinetics for fire modelling and characterisation of chitosan/graphene oxide polyurethane composites

ACY Yuen, TBY Chen, C Wang, W Wei, I Kabir… - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
A fire assessment model has been developed to provide a better understanding of the flame
propagation, toxic gases and smoke generations of polymer composites. In this study, the …

Characterisation of pyrolysis kinetics and detailed gas species formations of engineering polymers via reactive molecular dynamics (ReaxFF)

TBY Chen, ACY Yuen, B Lin, L Liu, ALP Lo… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the major limiting factors in fire modelling involving solid pyrolysis of polymer
materials is the fundamental understanding of thermal degradation process from solid fuel to …

Fire risk assessment of combustible exterior cladding using a collective numerical database

TBY Chen, ACY Yuen, GH Yeoh, W Yang, QN Chan - Fire, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recent high-profile building fires involving highly-combustible external cladding panels in
Australia as well as Dubai, China, and the United Kingdom have created a heightened …

An investigation towards coupling molecular dynamics with computational fluid dynamics for modelling polymer pyrolysis

TBY Chen, IM De Cachinho Cordeiro, ACY Yuen… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Building polymers implemented into building panels and exterior façades have been
determined as the major contributor to severe fire incidents, including the 2017 Grenfell …

Critical assessment on operating water droplet sizes for fire sprinkler and water mist systems

H Liu, C Wang, IMDC Cordeiro, ACY Yuen… - Journal of Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
With recent developments in the design and manufacturing process of water-based fire
suppression systems, more advanced technologies such as water mist systems have …

Characterization of choking flow behaviors inside steam ejectors based on the ejector refrigeration system

Y Han, X Wang, ACY Yuen, A Li, L Guo… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to maximize the working potential of a steam ejector, aside from experiment testing
of various design parameters, it is also important to understand the involved thermal fluid …