Research output per year
Research output per year
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2023
A review of thermal exposure and fire spread mechanisms in Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment
Filkov, A. I., Tihay-Felicelli, V., Masoudvaziri, N., Rush, D., Valencia, A., Wang, Y., Blunck, D., Miguel Valero, M., Kempna, K., Smolka, J., de Beer, J., Campbell-Lochrie, Z., Roman Centeno, F., Asim Ibrahim, M., Lemmertz, C. K. & Tam, W. C., Oct 2023, In: Fire Safety Journal. 140, 103871.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigating Numerically the Effect of Wind on Fire Spread Between Two Informal Settlements Dwellings
Beshir, M., Mohamed, M., kouritem, S., Lemmertz, C. K., Roman Centeno, F. & Rush, D., 6 Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Numerical study on the effect of atmospheric wind on the fire severity in informal settlements with different dwellings’ wall thermal characteristics
Lemmertz, C. K., Beshir, M., Rush, D. & Roman Centeno, F., 21 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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2022
Semi-empirical correlations for predicting hot gas layer temperature in pre-flashover compartment fires considering fire source location
Lemmertz, C. K., Helfenstein, R. P., Beshir, M., Rush, D., Jahn Von Arnswaldt, W. & Roman Centeno, F., May 2022, In: Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. 44, 5, 25 p., 195.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The influence of wind and the spatial layout of dwellings on fire spread in informal settlements in Cape Town
Gibson, L., Cicione, A., Stevens, S. & Rush, D., Jan 2022, In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 91, 24 p., 101734.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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2021
Laboratory experiment of fire spread between two informal settlement dwellings
Wang, Y., Beshir, M., Hadden, R., Cicione, A., Krajcovic, M., Gibson, L. & Rush, D., 5 Aug 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 171, 107195.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An experimental and numerical study on the effects of leakages and ventilation conditions on informal settlement fire dynamics
Cicione, A., Walls, R., Stevens, S., Sander, Z., Flores, N., Narayanan, V. & Rush, D., 7 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Technology. 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Determination of critical separation distance between dwellings in informal settlements fire
Wang, Y., Gibson, L., Beshir, M. & Rush, D., May 2021, In: Fire Technology. p. 987-1014Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experimental and Numerical Study for the Effect of Horizontal Openings on the External Plume and Potential Fire Spread in Informal Settlements
Beshir, M., Omar, K., Centeno, F. R., Stevens, S., Gibson, L. & Rush, D., 8 Mar 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Sciences. 11, 5, 2380.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling the effects of boundary walls on the fire dynamics of informal settlement dwellings
Beshir, M., Mohamed, M., Welch, S. & Rush, D., 26 Jan 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Technology. 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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2020
Proximal Design in South African Informal Settlements: Users as Designers and the Construction of the Built Environment and its Fire Risks
Spinardi, G., Cooper Knock, S. J. & Rush, D., 3 Dec 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society. 3, 1, p. 528-550Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards the development of a probabilistic approach to informal settlement fire spread using ignition modelling and spatial metrics
Cicione, A., Gibson, L., Wade, C., Spearpoint, M., Walls, R. & Rush, D., 15 Nov 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire. 3, 4, 26 p., 67.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conceptualising a GIS-based risk quantification framework for fire spread in informal settlements: A Cape Town case study
Stevens, S., Gibson, L. & Rush, D., Nov 2020, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 50, 101736.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Influence of wind on the onset of flashover within small-scale compartments with thermally-thin and thermally-thick boundaries
Roman Centeno, F., Beshir, M. & Rush, D., 31 Oct 2020, In: Fire Safety Journal. 117, 12 p., 103211.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fire risk reduction on the margins of an urbanizing world
Rush, D., Bankoff, G., Cooper Knock, S. J., Gibson, L., Hirst, L., Jordan, S., Spinardi, G., Twigg, J. & Walls, R., 18 Sept 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Disaster Prevention and Management. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of separation distance between informal dwellings on fire spread rates based on experimental data and analytical equations
Cicione, A., Walls, R., Sander, Z., Flores, N., Narayanan, V., Stevens, S. & Rush, D., 30 Jul 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A preliminary investigation to develop a semi-probabilistic model of informal settlement fire spread using B-RISK
Cicione, A., Wade, C., Spearpoint, M., Gibson, L., Walls, R. & Rush, D., 22 May 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Safety Journal. 103115.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spatial metrics from LiDAR roof mapping for fire spread risk assessment of informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa.
Gibson, L., Adeleke, A., Hadden, R. & Rush, D., 7 May 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Safety Journal. 16 p., 103053.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A full-scale experimental study on single dwelling burning behavior of informal settlement
Wang, Y., Beshir, M., Cicione, A., Hadden, R., Krajcovic, M. & Rush, D., 3 May 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Safety Journal. 103076.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Novel Coronavirus in Cape Town Informal Settlements: Feasibility of using informal dwelling outlines to identify high risk areas for COVID-19 transmission from social distancing perspective.
Gibson, L. & Rush, D., 6 Apr 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: JMIR Public HEalth and Surveillance. 6, 2, e18844.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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20 Dwelling Large-Scale Experiment of Fire Spread in Informal Settlements
de Koker, N., Walls, R., Cicione, A., Sander, Z., Löffel, S., Claasen, J. J., Fourie, S. J., Croukamp, L. & Rush, D., 11 Jan 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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2019
Developing an experimental database of burning characteristics of combustible informal dwelling materials based on South African informal settlement investigation
Wang, Y., Betrand, C., Beshir, M., Kahanji, C., Walls, R. & Rush, D., 19 Dec 2019, In: Fire Safety Journal. 111, 102938.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detecting historic informal settlement fires with Sentinel 1 and 2 satellite data - two case studies in Cape Town.
Gibson, L., Engelbrecht, J. & Rush, D., Sept 2019, In: Fire Safety Journal. 108Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Full-Scale Informal Settlement Dwelling Fire Experiments and Development of Numerical Models
Cicione, A., Beshir, M., Walls, R. & Rush, D., 3 Aug 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Technology. p. 1-34Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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2018
Analysing fire risk in informal settlements
Rush, D., Dec 2018, Crisis Response Journal, 14, 1, p. 82-83.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Determination of critical fallout condition of tempered glass in an enclosure fire
Wang, Y. & Rush, D., 17 Aug 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Safety Journal. 101, p. 18-24Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experimental study on fallout behaviour of tempered glass façades with different frame insulation conditions in an enclosure fire
Wang, Y., Sun, J., He, L., Wang, Q. & Rush, D., 17 Aug 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of glass panel dimension on the fire response of glass façades
Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, Q., Yang, Y. & Sun, J., 15 Jun 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Construction and Building Materials. 181, p. 588-597Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sensitivity analysis of influencing factors on glass façade breakage in fire
Wang, Y., Xie, Q., Zhang, Y., Wang, Q. & Sun, J., Jun 2018, In: Fire Safety Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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