FEMTC 2014
Thunderhead Engineering hosted the 2nd Fire and Evacuation Modeling Technical Conference (FEMTC) on September 8-10, 2014 in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Dates: September 8-10, 2014
Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Day: 1
01★ - Improvements in FDS 6 and Development Update
Kevin McGrattan - National Institute of Standards and Technology
02★ - Automated Testing Process for FDS 6
Kristopher Overholt - National Institute of Standards and Technology
03 - Pyrolysis Parameterization and Validation for Polymeric Material
Jing Li - University of Maryland
04 - Influence of Input Parameters on the Fire Simulation
Corinna Trettin - University of Wuppertal
05 - Interface Model to Fire-Thermo-Mechanical Performance-Based Analysis of Structures Under Fire Conditions
Julio C. Goncalves da Silva - Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology
06★ - The Need for a Verification and Validation Protocol for Evacuation Models
Enrico Ronchi - Lund University
07 - The User’s Guide to Evacuee Behavior
Steve Gwynne - National Research Council Canada
08 - Lost in Abstraction: The complexity of Real Environments vs. the Assumptions of Models
Elisabetta Carattin - IUAV University of Venice
09 - Fire and Evacuation Simulation in a Low Ceiling Sport Arena
Georges Guigay - Verkis Consulting Engineers
10 - Developing a Swedish Best Practice Guideline for Proper Use of CFD Models when Performing ASET Analyses
Daniel Rosberg - WSP Sverige AB
11 - Study of the Dynamics of Fire and Smoke Control in Case of Evacuation in High Buildings, Based on Continuous Model FDS+EVAC
Aristides Lopes Silva - Universidade del Cabo Verde
12 - Evacuation Modeling in Road Tunnel Fire Events – CFD Influencing Evacuation Results
Toby Sargant - Hatch Mott MacDonald
Day: 2
01★ - Impact of Soot Particle Size and Agglomeration on Soot Deposition
Jason Floyd - Hughes Associates | RJA Group
02 - Performance Analysis and Shared Memory Parallelization of FDS
Lukas Arnold - Juelich Supercomputing Centre
03 - Numerical Insights into the Parallel Solution of the FDS Pressure Equation: Scalability and Accuracy
Susanne Kilian - hhpberlin
04 - Defining a Crowd Safety Factor for the Designs of Assemblies
Rodrigo Machado Tavares - RMT Fire and Crowd Safety
05 - Use of Pathfinder in the Study of Occupant Movement in Stairwells
Chris Campbell - The Protection Engineering Group, Inc.
06 - Egress from a Hospital Ward: A Case Study
Grazia Carbotti - Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
07 - Effects of Exit Discharge Congestion on the Effective Evacuation Time in a Typical Underground Metro Station Design
Yulianto Sulistyo Nugroho - Fire Safety Engineering Research Group, Universitas Indonesia
08★ - Pathfinder Verification and Validation Tests
Brian Hardeman - Thunderhead Engineering
09 - Industry Accepted Design: A Case Study on Prescriptive vs. Performance-Based Design Criteria
Mackenzie Hill - Arup
10 - Modeling of Carbon Monoxide Dispersion from Vehicle Exhaust in a Partially-Enclosed Roadway Using FDS
Haavard Boehmer - Hughes Associates | RJA Group
11 - Approach to Define the Aerodynamic Free Area for Natural Smoke Vents in a CFD Simulation Environment
Lajos Gábor Takács - Budapest University of Technology
12★ - A Partially-Stirred Batch Reactor Model for Under-Ventilated Fire Dynamics
Craig Weinschenk - National Institute of Standards and Technology
13 - Optimization of Smoke Ventilation Strategy in a Typical Underground Metro Station Fire
Muhammad Sontoso - Fire Safety Engineering Research Group, Universitas Indonesia
14 - Integral Methodology for Fire Sprinkler System Design Following the Performance-Based Design Method
Juan Jose Zapata Franco - Universidad de los Andes
15 - FDS Simulation of the Combined Use of Sprinklers and Water Mist Fire Extinguishing Systems
Csaba Szikra - Budapest University of Technology
16 - Validation Of Evacuation Models Based On Video Footage Of People Leaving A Room (no video)
Paul Wijnhoven and Martin Klein - DGMR
