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This
book focuses on topics in the entire spectrum of fire safety science, targeting
research in fires, explosions, combustion science, heat transfer, fluid
dynamics, risk analysis, structural engineering, and other subjects. The book
contributes to a gain in advanced scientific knowledge and presents or advances
new ideas in all topics in fire safety science.

Two decades ago, the 1st
Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology was held in Hefei, China.
Since then, the Asia-Oceania Symposia have grown in size and quality. This
book, reflecting that growth, helps readers to understand fire safety
technology, design, and methodology in diverse areas including historical
buildings, photovoltaic panels, batteries, and electric vehicles.

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´Memories of Professor Toshisuke Hirano.- Fire resistance of
multi-storey timber buildings.- Ultimate Strength and Its Application to
Post-Earthquake Fire Resistance of Steel Frames in Fire.- Integrating Wildland
and Urban Fire Risks in Local Development Strategies in Indonesia.- Thermal
analysis and flame spread behavior of building-used thermal insulation
materials.- A Discussion on Tall Building Fire Safety in the Asia-Oceania
Regions.- Towards a Risk-Informed Performance-Based Approach for Post-Earthquake
Fire Protection Design of Buildings.- Interaction of a pool fire in a
compartment with negative pressure generated by mechanical ventilation.- Pool
Fire Behavior in a Small and Mechanically-Ventilated Compartment.- Discussion
on Heat Lost through Solid Boundaries in Modeling Atrium Fires under Mechanical
Exhaust.- Experimental Study on Fire Behavior in a Compartment under Mechanical
Ventilated Conditions.- Study of the Occupant Characteristics during Evacuation
in Medium and High-rise Buildings in Indonesia.- Effect of Weibull Distributed
Pre-movement Time on Evacuation.- Travel Speed and Visibility in a Pedestrian
Space with Inhomogeneous Distribution of Floor Illuminance.- Analysis of
Commuter line´s Passenger Movement in the Station during Peak Hours.- The
Effect of Multi-component Electrolyte Additive on LiFePO4 Based Lithium Ion
Batteries.- PVC Cable Fire Toxicity using the Cone Calorimeter.- Lessons Learnt
from the 0801 Petrochemical Pipeline Explosions in Kaohsiung City.-
Experimental study of the fire behaviour of wooden fa‡ades.- Verification
Methodology of Vertical Fire Spread to Upstairs Room via Openings and Facade
Wall.- Experimental Study on Confluence of the Emerged Flames Ejected from Two
Adjacent Openings.- Neutral plane and length scale of spill fire plume
considering the effects of cross-ventilation.- Fire safety design on the
performance-based for skyscraper - a case in Japan.- Study on fire plume
behavior in vertical shafts of buildings.- Experimental investigation on glass
cracking for wind load combined with radiant heating.- Comparison of Existing
Time-Equivalence Methods and the Minimum Load Capacity Method.- Components and
Consequences of Cross-Laminated Timber Delamination.- Fire Behavior of Cross
Laminated Timber (CLT) Slabs: Two-way Action.- Influence of Water Content onTotal Strain of Super-high-strength Concrete under Elevated Temperature.- A
Study on Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Walls Exposed to
Hydrocarbon Fire under Vertical Load.- Response of Steel Members Subject to
Temperature Gradient in Localized Fires.- Tensile Resistance of Splice
Connections with High Strength Bolts in Fire.- Statistical Analysis on
Reliability of Sprinkler Systems.- Determination of design fire load for
structural fire safety in the compartment subdivided by non-fire rated
partitions.- Linking Safety Factor and Probability of Failure based on Monte
Carlo Simulation in Fire Safety Design.- Domestic Sprinkler: It is Time to
Consider Mandatory Requirement in Hong Kong.- Discuss Performance-Based Fire
Safety Design in Taiwan - Case Study of "Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts".- To
Improve the Care Environments by Using Fire Safety Engineering for Existing
Small-Scale Hospitals in Taiwan.- Risk Communication Applied to Community-based
Fire Mitigation and Management for Historic Areas.- Experimental study on the
effect of frame height of bed mattress upon fire behavior in compartment.-
Analysis of combustion expansion and heat release rate during combustion of
mattress installed at different heights.- Defining the Heat Release Rate per
Unit Area for use in Fire Safety Engineering Analysis.- Algebraic Equations for
Calculating Surface Flame Spread and Burning of a Cubical-shaped Polyurethane
Foam Block.- An Experimental Study on the Mass Flow Rate from a Line Fire
Source along a Vertical Wall.- The Simulation

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