Pool fires

Refereed journal publications

C. Devaud, J. Weisinger, D. Johnson and E. Weckman (2008), “Experimental and numerical characterization of the flowfield in the large-scale UW live fire research facility”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 60, No. 5, pp. 539-564.

S.R. Tieszen, T.J. O'Hern, E.J. Weckman and R.W. Schefer, (2004), "Experimental Study of the Effect of Mass Flux on a One Meter Diameter Methane Fire and Comparison with a Hydrogen Fire", Combustion and Flame, October, 139:1-2, pp.126-141.

T.J. O'Hern, E.J. Weckman, A.L. Gerhart, S.R. Tieszen and R.W. Schefer (2004), "Experimental Study of a Buoyant Turbulent Helium Plume", in Revision, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

S.R. Tieszen, T.J. O’Hern, R.W. Schefer, E.J. Weckman and T.K. Blanchat (2002), "Experimental Study of the Flow Field in and Around a One Meter Diameter Methane Fire", Combustion and Flame, June, 129:4, pp.378-391.

E.J. Weckman and A.B. Strong (1996), "Experimental Investigation of the Turbulence Structure of Medium-Scale Methanol Pool Fires", Combustion and Flame, Vol. 105, No. 3, pp. 245-266.

A.B. Strong and E.J. Weckman (1996), "Turbulence in the Continuous Flame Zones of Pool Fires: Implications for CFD Codes Based on the k-e Turbulence Closure", Transport Phenomena in Combustion, Vol. 8, San Francisco, Taylor and Francis, pp. 757-768. (Also presented at 8th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Combustion - Fire Research Colloquium, July, 1995.)

Papers in refereed conference proceedings

C.B. Devaud and E.J. Weckman (2005), “Large Eddy Simulations of Pool Fires at Different Crosswind Velocities with a Large Adjacent Object, 20th International Colloquim on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS), Montreal, August (4 pp).

C.S. Lam, E. Randsalu, E.J. Weckman, A. Brown, W. Gill and L.A. Gritzo (2004), "Fuel Regression Rates in Large Hydrocarbon Pool Fires in Crosswinds", INTERFLAM 2004, 10th International Fire Science and Engineerign Conference, Edinburgh, July, pp 117-128.

C.S. Lam, J.E. Weisinger, E.J. Weckman, W. Gill and A. Brown (2003), "The Effects of Winds on Liquid Fuelled Pool Fires", HT2003-40535, ASME Heat Transfer Conference, Las Vegas, July, 6 pp.

T.J. O'Hern, S.R. Tieszen, E.J. Weckman, A.L. Gerhart and R.W. Schefer (2001), "Simultaneous Cinematographic PIV and Acetone PLIF for Spatially and Temporally Resolved Velocity nd Concentration Fields in a Buoyant Helium Plume", ASME IMECE, New York, November, 11 pp.

C.D.A. Hogben, C.N. Young, E.J. Weckman and A.B. Strong (1999), "Radiative Properties of Acetone Pool Fires", 33rd ASME National Heat Transfer Conference, Albuquerque, August, 12 pp.

A. B. Strong and E. J. Weckman (1996) "Turbulence in the continuous flame zone of pool fires implications for CFD codes based on the k-e turbulence closure”, 8th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Combustion, Taylor and Francis.

E.J. Weckman and C.S. McEwen2 (1991), "The Time Dependent Structure of a Medium-Scale Methanol Pool Fire", ASME/JSME Heat Transfer Conference, Reno, March, 10 pp.

E.J. Weckman (1989), "Simplified Calculations of Total Flux and Entrainment Using Experimental Results from a Medium-Scale Pool Fire", HTD-Vol. 106, ASME 1989 National Heat Transfer Conference, Philadelphia, August, pp. 399-406.

Short papers in refereed conference proceedings

E.J Randsalu, C.S. Lam, E.J. Weckman, A. Brown and W. Gill (2004), "Measurement of Fuel Regression Rates in Jet Fuel Pool Fires in Crosswind", HT-FED2004-56888, ASME Heat Transfer, Fluids Engineering Conference, Charlotte, NC, July, 5 pp.

C.S. Lam, E.J. Weckman, A. Brown and W. Gill (2004), "Measurement of Heat Flux from Fires", HT-FED2004-56896, ASME Heat Transfer, Fluids Engineering Conference, Charlotte, NC, July, 6 pp.

C. Devaud and E.J. Weckman (2004), "Numerical Simulation of a Pool Fire and a Large Object in a Cross-Wind", HT-FED2004-56892, ASME Heat Transfer and Fluids Engineering Conference, Charlotte, NC, July, 4 pp.

E.J. Weckman, A. Brown, G. Evans, W. Gill and V. Figueroa (2004), "Integral Level Validation and Accreditation of Multiple Physics Codes for Computational Fire Simulations", INTERFLAM 2004, Edinburgh, July, pp 691-696.

M. Ashrafizaadeh, E.J. Weckman, A. Strong and N. Changizi (2002), "A Comparison Between EDC and PDF Combustion Models for Fire Simulations", 9th Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics, Ifsahan, Iran, May, 6 pp.

Papers in conference proceedings

C.S. Lam and E. Weckman (2007), "The Thermal Environment in a Wind Blown Fire Plume ", CS/The Combustion Institute, January, Banff.

M. Gibbons, C. Devaud and E.J. Weckman (2005), “Behaviour of Pool Fires in a Crosswind: Comparison of Experimental and Computational Results”, CS/The Combustion Institute, Halifax, May, 6 pp

C.S. Lam and E.J. Weckman (2004), "Measurement of Heat Flux from Fires Using Inverse Heat Conduction Methods", Kingston, 6 pp.

E. Randsalu, C.S. Lam, E.J. Weckman, A.L. Brown and W. Gill (2004), "Measurement of Fuel Regression Rates in a Jet Fuel Pool Fire in Crosswind", Kingston, 6 pp.

C. Devaud and E.J. Weckman (2004), "Preliminary Simulations of Pool Fire Behaviour in a Crosswind with a Large Adjacent Object", Kingston, 6 pp.

C.S. Lam, J.E. Weisinger and E.J. Weckman (2003), "Fuel Regression of a Pool Fire in a Crosswind", Vancouver, 6 pp.

C.S. Lam and E.J. Weckman (2003), "Effect of Large Cylindrical Object on a Pool Fire in a Crosswind", Vancouver, 6 pp.

C.S. Lam, J. Weisinger and E.J. Weckman (2002), "Preliminary Investigation of Fires in Crosswinds", Windsor, 5 pp.

C.N. Young, E.J. Weckman, A.B Strong and T.J. O'Hern (2001), "A Comparison of PIV and LDV Velocity Measurements in a Methanol Pool Fire", presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, Montreal, May, 6 pp.

C.N. Young, E.J. Weckman and A.B Strong (2000), "Some Issues with PIV Measurements on Pool Fires", Ottawa, May, 6 pp.

C.N. Young, E.J. Weckman and A.B Strong (1999), "Thermocouple Compensation: Some Pool Fire Results Explained in Brief", Edmonton, May, 5 pp.

M. Ashrafizaadeh, A.B. Strong and E.Weckman (1998), “A Numerical Study of Pool Fire Pulsation”, presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, Toronto, May, 5 pp.

C.D.A. Hogben, E.J. Weckman and A.B. Strong (1998), “Determination of the Emissive Power of an Acetone Pool Fire”, presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, Toronto, May, 5 pp.

M. Ashrafizaadeh, E.J. Weckman and A.B. Strong (1997), “On the Numerical Simulation of the Puffing Phenomenon in Flames”, presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, Halifax, May, 5 pp.

M. Ashrafizaadeh, A.B. Strong and E.J. Weckman (1996), “Velocity and Temperature Predictions in the Developing Region of a Buoyancy-Dominated Turbulent Diffusion Flame”, presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, Waterloo, May, 5 pp.

A.B. Strong and E.J. Weckman (1994), "Comments on the Use of the k-e Model of Turbulence for the Prediction of Pool Fires", presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, Kingston, 5 pp.

R. Kaazempur-Mofrad, E.J. Weckman and A.B. Strong (1994), "The Calculation of Vorticity in Methanol Pool Fires", presented at CS/The Combustion Institute, Kingston, 5 pp.

Reports/trade publications

E. Randsalu and E.J. Weckman (2004), "Summary of Fuel Regression Rate Data in Test Series 2&3, December 2003 and April/May 2004", for Sandia National Labs, September, 35 pp.

E. Randsalu and E.J. Weckman (2004), "Fuel Regression Rate Measurements in Test Series 1, August 2003", for Sandia National Labs, August, 45 pp.

Conference presentations

E. Weckman (2006), “Large-Scale Hydrocarbon Pool Fires in Crosswind”, 1-hour invited seminar at the 3rd Annual Workshop on Fire Modelling, Albuquerque NM, May.