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 …

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 …

[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 …

Experimental and numerical perspective on the fire performance of MXene/Chitosan/Phytic acid coated flexible polyurethane foam

B Lin, ACY Yuen, TBY Chen, B Yu, W Yang, J Zhang… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Recent discoveries of two-dimensional transitional metal based materials have emerged as
an excellent candidate for fabricating nanostructured flame-retardants. Herein, we report an …

A novel green IFR system: Design of a self-assembled peanut shell-based flame retardant and its fire performance in EP

J Liang, W Yang, ACY Yuen, IMDC Cordeiro… - Progress in Organic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon derived from peanut shell (CPS) with 2D structure has been proved to own sufficient
thermal stability and is a promising flame retardant (FR) additive for EP in our previous work …

Pyrolysis and combustion characterisation of HDPE/APP composites via molecular dynamics and CFD simulations

IMDC Cordeiro, TBY Chen, ACY Yuen, C Wang… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding and characterisation of the pyrolysis and burning behaviour of flame
retardant (FR) polymers are essential towards optimising the end-product in terms of …

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 …

Serendipity discovery of fire early warning function of chitosan film

Y Wang, G Chen, F Yang, Z Luo, B Yuan, X Chen… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transparent chitosan (CS) film is prepared and its application in high temperature/fire
warning is discussed. NaCl-doped chitosan (CS-NaCl) film shows excellent performance in …

Develo** a solid decomposition kinetics extraction framework for detailed chemistry pyrolysis and combustion modelling of building polymer composites

ACY Yuen, TBY Chen, IMDC Cordero, H Liu… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Combustibility of insulation and external façade remains a critical issue for many countries
as they are commonly found in modern building structures. While standardised fire tests can …

Effects of graphene nanoplatelets on mechanical and fire performance of flax polypropylene composites with intumescent flame retardant

I Ali, NK Kim, D Bhattacharyya - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The integration of intumescent flame-retardant (IFR) additives in natural fiber-based polymer
composites enhances the fire-retardant properties, but it generally has a detrimental effect …