Structural fire engineering
Research theme leader: Professor Maurice Guerrieri
Structural fire engineering assesses how buildings react to fire, through large scale experiments carried out at the VU NATA Structural Fire Testing Facility.
It aims to design structures resilient to fire, minimising damage and ensuring safe evacuation. This interdisciplinary field merges structural engineering, fire dynamics, and materials science for enhanced safety.
Major research includes the performance of concrete exposed to fire and concrete spalling of full-scale tunnel lining segments.
Publications
- Effect of uniaxial loading on the spalling of concrete panels for Melbourne's Metro Tunnel Project
- A review of test Methods, issues and challenges of Large-Scale fire testing of concrete tunnel linings
- Existing theories of concrete spalling and test methods relating to moisture migration patterns upon exposure to elevated temperatures – A review
- Design of the metro tunnel project tunnel linings for fire testing
- Mechanisms of Spalling of Concrete Panels of Different Geometry in Hydrocarbon Fire
