Fire
On this page, you will find the research conducted by the Fire Protection Engineering group within the Research Subject Structural Engineering. The research encompasses a wide range from fundamental material fire behaviour to structural fires, aimed at enhancing fire safety engineering.
Current projects
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Sustainable development through biochar-added concrete
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H2SIPP (Hydrogen Safety and Improved Permit Processes)
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FINAST
Background The project contributes to the green transition and a carbon dioxide-neutral steel industry through research efforts in collaboration between Luleå University of Technology, Swerim, and SSAB. The overall goal of the FINAST project is to, through industry-related research and collaboratio...
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Robust property protection in fire
Background As a consequence of several serious fires in modularized wooden buildings, a number of entrepreneurs have joined forces to address the challenges specific to their structural methods.
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Handbook for separating structures
Background As a consequence of a change in regulation, old solutions for building fire separating walls in single story steel frame buildings have become obsolete.
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Hydrogen safety
Fundamental and applied sciences are employed for ensuring a safe and efficient green transition using hydrogen.
Completed projects
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Sparks from forestry machinery: A possible or impossible source of forest fires?
Sparks from the contact between metal and stone have been widely debated in recent years, both insid...
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Using Sustainable Biochar to Lower the Detrimental Effects of Fire in Concrete
At present, concrete has two major issues. On one hand, although concrete is not flammable, it suffe...
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Sustainable technologies for the direct and bulk conversion of waste biomass into graphene
Despite being considered as the ‘wonder material’, graphene’s use is limited by the quantity during ...
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Phase Changing Materials (PCM): risks and opportunities
The energy consumption for heating and cooling of buildings constitutes a large proportion of man's ...
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