Live Webinar
Presentations included in the 2022 Fire Modeling series:
1) Date:
Wednesday, February 9, Time: 12 - 1:30 p.m. EST
- Presenter: Bryan Klein
- Presentation Title: Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
Modern tools for fire modeling make it very easy to import CAD data and
geometry into pre-processors. This talk takes a look at how this easy
import process can make fire modeling work more difficult and
computationally expensive. Some tips are provided to help improve the
process and the outcomes
2) Date: Wednesday, February 16, Time: 12 - 1:30 p.m. EST- Presenter: Dr. Jason Floyd
- Presentation Title: Understanding Model Validation and Uncertainty
This session willl discuss the process of model verification and validation
and describe how one can determine if a model has been validated for a
specific
use. It will discuss approaches for assessing model uncertainty and how
one can use published model uncertainties to assess the confidence
of a model result.
3) Date:
Wednesday, February 23, Time: 12 - 1:30 p.m. EST- Presenter: Dr. Wojciech
Wegrzynski
- Presentation Title: Use of CFD in Smoke Control Design for Transportation Infrastructure – Practice and Future Trends
CFD is commonly used in the design process of
smoke control systems of transportation infrastructure (tunnels, car parks,
railway stations, metro systems). It is usually performed as a part of some
sort of performance-based design framework. However, the limitations of the
tool related to large-scale projects are often not well recognized, sometimes leading
to expectations towards the complexity of the analyses that cannot be met. In
this talk, we will crash ‘what we can really simulate with CFD’ with the
expectations of non-fire stakeholders. This covers not only the uncertainties
of the CFD analyses and the most common challenges in setting up the simulations
but also the costs involved with the human work and computer solving time
required in more advanced projects. Furthermore, we will try to provide insight
into exciting future trends such as the use of transport simulations to generate
traffic boundary conditions, computer-aided generation of parametric case
studies as well as the use of AI as a supporting tool in the PBD process.
4) Date: Wednesday, March 2, Time: 12 - 1:30 p.m. EST
Moderator:
Beth Tubbs, PE, 2022 SFPE President Panelists:
Bryan Klein, Dr. Jason Floyd, Dr. Wojciech WegrzynskiPresentation Title:
Fire Modeling Power HourNote: All webinar events will be recorded and available for on-demand viewing within 24-48 hours.Fees for all 4 events:
SFPE Members: $125.00
SFPE Non-members
: $200.00
Questions? Contact us at
education@sfpe.org.
