Challenging RISK: Achieving Resilience by Integrating Societal and Technical Knowledge
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Engineering
Abstract
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Organisations
- University of Edinburgh (Lead Research Organisation)
- CERIB (Collaboration)
- University of Porto (Collaboration)
- Technical University of Ostrava VSB (Collaboration)
- Scientific and Technical Centre for the Building Industry (CSTB) (Collaboration)
- Luleå University of Technology (Collaboration)
- SP Technical Institute of Sweden (Collaboration)
- City of Carlsbad (Collaboration)
- University of Aveiro (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- AkzoNobel (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Luke Bisby (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Manes M
(2018)
A Critical Evaluation of BS PD 7974-7 Structural Fire Response Data Based on USA Fire Statistics
in Fire Technology
Melo J
(2022)
Cyclic behaviour of as-built and strengthened existing reinforced concrete columns previously damaged by fire
in Engineering Structures
Newman G
(2017)
Leveraging the power of place in citizen science for effective conservation decision making
in Biological Conservation
Perez-Fuentes G
(2016)
An intervention on earthquake and fire preparedness: did it work?
Perez-Fuentes G
(2015)
Sustainable Development
Perez-Fuentes G
(2016)
A Review of Current Earthquake and Fire Preparedness Campaigns: What works?
Perez-Fuentes G
(2016)
A Review of Current Earthquake and Fire Preparedness Campaigns: What works?
| Title | Film of EPICentre UCL (2016). Cyclic tests on RC beam-column joints (Challenging Risk Project) |
| Description | The film is a video publicizing the experimental work done for retrofitting reinforced concrete beam-column connections with FRP by the EPICentre UCL research team under the auspices of the Challenging Risk Project |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | Used in several presentations of Challenging Risk work. Has 3157 views on YouTube. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETLqk5J7MKg |
| Title | Towers of Babel |
| Description | A short theatre piece looking at the role of fire safety engineering in design |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | Further funding opportunities with Institute of Fire Engineers |
| URL | http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/news-article/join-the-audience-at-our-scratch-theatre-night |
| Description | Please see the key findings reported against grant ref EP/K022377/1. In addition to the overall project impacts noted with reference to EP/K022377/1, the following specific impacts, all of which are relate to quantification of - and rehabilitation techniques for - fire and earthquake damage to reinforced concrete structural elements, are attributable to the University of Edinburgh portion of the overall project: - We have undertaken a series of six large scale fire-followed-by-earthquake tests in conjunction with the universities of Aveiro and Porto, Portugal. This work has quantified the seismic performance of fire-damaged concrete column (thus quantifying fire damage in the process), and has demonstrated the effectiveness of both conventional and novel strengthening and rehabilitation schemes for such structural elements. World-first research on novel strengthening systems has been undertaken and the proof-of-concept has been achieved (moves to commercialise the materials and systems are underway). - We have undertaken a world-first expert elicitation exercise to quantify fire damage to reinforced concrete structures. This has revealed a range of design relevant and useful insights (see publications list). - We have undertaken world-first large-scale fire tests in a real building (the Tisova fire tests) in the Czech Republic aimed at quantifying fire damage to concrete buildings in real-world travelling fire scenarios (see publications list). - The linked PhD research by Triantafyllidis (http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29514) has developed and demonstrated the effectiveness of novel fire-safe rehabilitation and strengthening materials, systems and approached for reinforced concrete and structural steel elements. - The linked PhD research by Baharudin (http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31251) has interrogated the performance of state-of-the-art computational modelling techniques to assess the response (and hence damage) of reinforced concrete slabs flooring systems when subjected to various fire scenarios under a range of structural conditions and using a range or modelling input parameters. Such work is essential in supporting future computational predictive modelling of the response of reinforced concrete structures in real fires. - The linked PhD research by Maclean (http://hdl.handle.net/1842/35515) has, for the first time, quantified the response (and therefore damage) of reinforced concrete columns subjected to heating and cooling whilst under realistic sustained compressive loading. This work is critical to shift structural designers' mindset from design for fire 'resistance' to design for fire 'resilience'. - The linked PhD research by Rickard (2019) has developed, demonstrated, and applied a novel fire testing method to assess the propensity of concrete structural elements to explosive, fire-induced cover spalling. This work is again critical to shifting towards a resilience-based structural fire design approach for reinforced concrete elements. |
| Exploitation Route | Please see the key findings reported against grant ref EP/K022377/1. |
| Sectors | Construction,Energy,Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Security and Diplomacy |
| URL | https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/96 |
| Description | Please see the narrative impact reported against grant ref EP/K022377/1. In addition to the overall project impacts noted with reference to EP/K022377/1, the following specific impacts are attributable to the University of Edinburgh portion of the overall project: - We are undertaking ongoing R&D engagement with industry partners on possible commercialisation and international distribution of strengthening and fire protecting materials, systems and methodologies specifically focused on fire-resilient post-earthquake rehabilitation and strengthening of reinforced concrete structural elements. This work is being supported in part by The University of Edinburgh's EPSRC Impact Acceleration account. - Our research outputs continue to influence, both directly and indirectly, revisions to updates to codes and guidance for performance based fire safety engineering and structural design internationally, through Bisby's involvement with code writing committees via the British Standards Institution (BSI), The Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN), The American Concrete Institute (ACI), The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and others. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Construction,Energy,Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Security and Diplomacy,Transport |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | CreateWorks: Engineers Inspired by Theatre; Theatre Inspired by Engineers |
| Amount | £28,279 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnerships |
| Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 1648484 |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Department | Faculty of Engineering |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2014 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | GCRF Urban Disaster Risk Hub |
| Amount | £17,657,279 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/S009000/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | School funded PhD studentship to Dr David Rush |
| Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Department | School of Engineering |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Title | Database of beam-column joints retrofitted with FRP - Complementary data to: Pohoryles et al. 2019 (doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000950): |
| Description | Complementary data to: Pohoryles et al. 2019 (doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000950): The database contains the experimental data for the beam-column tests conducted and can be found at: https://ascelibrary.org/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1061%2F%28ASCE%29CC.1943-5614.0000950&file=supplemental_data_cc.1943-5614.0000950_pohoryles.pdf |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | No notable impacts yet |
| URL | https://ascelibrary.org/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1061%2F%28ASCE%29CC.1943-5614.0000950&file=... |
| Description | Large scale full structure fire test in Czech Repulic |
| Organisation | AkzoNobel |
| Department | AkzoNobel UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Led the design and implementation of one of the world's largest structural fire tests |
| Collaborator Contribution | Man power and instrumentation Supply of the building and safety personnel Specific innovations to be tested |
| Impact | Conference papers Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2016), Modelling the thermal and structural performance of a concrete column exposed to a travelling fire - Tisova Fire Test, Structures in Fire, Princeton, USA, June 8th- 10th Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2015), Effects of a travelling fire on a concrete column - Tisova Fire Test. ASFE 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 15th-16th Degler, J., Eliasson, A., Anderson, J., Lange, D., &Rush, D., (2015). A-priori modelling of the Tisova Fire Test as input to the experimental work. CONFAB 2015, Glasgow, UK, September 2nd-4th Report to CERIB: Egle Rackauskaite, Guillermo Rein, David Lange and David Rush (2015), Fuel load design of the Tisova Test, 2015 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Large scale full structure fire test in Czech Repulic |
| Organisation | CERIB |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Led the design and implementation of one of the world's largest structural fire tests |
| Collaborator Contribution | Man power and instrumentation Supply of the building and safety personnel Specific innovations to be tested |
| Impact | Conference papers Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2016), Modelling the thermal and structural performance of a concrete column exposed to a travelling fire - Tisova Fire Test, Structures in Fire, Princeton, USA, June 8th- 10th Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2015), Effects of a travelling fire on a concrete column - Tisova Fire Test. ASFE 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 15th-16th Degler, J., Eliasson, A., Anderson, J., Lange, D., &Rush, D., (2015). A-priori modelling of the Tisova Fire Test as input to the experimental work. CONFAB 2015, Glasgow, UK, September 2nd-4th Report to CERIB: Egle Rackauskaite, Guillermo Rein, David Lange and David Rush (2015), Fuel load design of the Tisova Test, 2015 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Large scale full structure fire test in Czech Repulic |
| Organisation | City of Carlsbad |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Led the design and implementation of one of the world's largest structural fire tests |
| Collaborator Contribution | Man power and instrumentation Supply of the building and safety personnel Specific innovations to be tested |
| Impact | Conference papers Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2016), Modelling the thermal and structural performance of a concrete column exposed to a travelling fire - Tisova Fire Test, Structures in Fire, Princeton, USA, June 8th- 10th Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2015), Effects of a travelling fire on a concrete column - Tisova Fire Test. ASFE 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 15th-16th Degler, J., Eliasson, A., Anderson, J., Lange, D., &Rush, D., (2015). A-priori modelling of the Tisova Fire Test as input to the experimental work. CONFAB 2015, Glasgow, UK, September 2nd-4th Report to CERIB: Egle Rackauskaite, Guillermo Rein, David Lange and David Rush (2015), Fuel load design of the Tisova Test, 2015 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Large scale full structure fire test in Czech Repulic |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Led the design and implementation of one of the world's largest structural fire tests |
| Collaborator Contribution | Man power and instrumentation Supply of the building and safety personnel Specific innovations to be tested |
| Impact | Conference papers Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2016), Modelling the thermal and structural performance of a concrete column exposed to a travelling fire - Tisova Fire Test, Structures in Fire, Princeton, USA, June 8th- 10th Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2015), Effects of a travelling fire on a concrete column - Tisova Fire Test. ASFE 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 15th-16th Degler, J., Eliasson, A., Anderson, J., Lange, D., &Rush, D., (2015). A-priori modelling of the Tisova Fire Test as input to the experimental work. CONFAB 2015, Glasgow, UK, September 2nd-4th Report to CERIB: Egle Rackauskaite, Guillermo Rein, David Lange and David Rush (2015), Fuel load design of the Tisova Test, 2015 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Large scale full structure fire test in Czech Repulic |
| Organisation | Luleå University of Technology |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Led the design and implementation of one of the world's largest structural fire tests |
| Collaborator Contribution | Man power and instrumentation Supply of the building and safety personnel Specific innovations to be tested |
| Impact | Conference papers Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2016), Modelling the thermal and structural performance of a concrete column exposed to a travelling fire - Tisova Fire Test, Structures in Fire, Princeton, USA, June 8th- 10th Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2015), Effects of a travelling fire on a concrete column - Tisova Fire Test. ASFE 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 15th-16th Degler, J., Eliasson, A., Anderson, J., Lange, D., &Rush, D., (2015). A-priori modelling of the Tisova Fire Test as input to the experimental work. CONFAB 2015, Glasgow, UK, September 2nd-4th Report to CERIB: Egle Rackauskaite, Guillermo Rein, David Lange and David Rush (2015), Fuel load design of the Tisova Test, 2015 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Large scale full structure fire test in Czech Repulic |
| Organisation | SP Technical Institute of Sweden |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Led the design and implementation of one of the world's largest structural fire tests |
| Collaborator Contribution | Man power and instrumentation Supply of the building and safety personnel Specific innovations to be tested |
| Impact | Conference papers Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2016), Modelling the thermal and structural performance of a concrete column exposed to a travelling fire - Tisova Fire Test, Structures in Fire, Princeton, USA, June 8th- 10th Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2015), Effects of a travelling fire on a concrete column - Tisova Fire Test. ASFE 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 15th-16th Degler, J., Eliasson, A., Anderson, J., Lange, D., &Rush, D., (2015). A-priori modelling of the Tisova Fire Test as input to the experimental work. CONFAB 2015, Glasgow, UK, September 2nd-4th Report to CERIB: Egle Rackauskaite, Guillermo Rein, David Lange and David Rush (2015), Fuel load design of the Tisova Test, 2015 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Large scale full structure fire test in Czech Repulic |
| Organisation | Scientific and Technical Centre for the Building Industry (CSTB) |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Led the design and implementation of one of the world's largest structural fire tests |
| Collaborator Contribution | Man power and instrumentation Supply of the building and safety personnel Specific innovations to be tested |
| Impact | Conference papers Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2016), Modelling the thermal and structural performance of a concrete column exposed to a travelling fire - Tisova Fire Test, Structures in Fire, Princeton, USA, June 8th- 10th Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2015), Effects of a travelling fire on a concrete column - Tisova Fire Test. ASFE 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 15th-16th Degler, J., Eliasson, A., Anderson, J., Lange, D., &Rush, D., (2015). A-priori modelling of the Tisova Fire Test as input to the experimental work. CONFAB 2015, Glasgow, UK, September 2nd-4th Report to CERIB: Egle Rackauskaite, Guillermo Rein, David Lange and David Rush (2015), Fuel load design of the Tisova Test, 2015 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Large scale full structure fire test in Czech Repulic |
| Organisation | Technical University of Ostrava VSB |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Led the design and implementation of one of the world's largest structural fire tests |
| Collaborator Contribution | Man power and instrumentation Supply of the building and safety personnel Specific innovations to be tested |
| Impact | Conference papers Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2016), Modelling the thermal and structural performance of a concrete column exposed to a travelling fire - Tisova Fire Test, Structures in Fire, Princeton, USA, June 8th- 10th Rush, D., Lange, D., Maclean, J., & Rackauskaite, E., (2015), Effects of a travelling fire on a concrete column - Tisova Fire Test. ASFE 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 15th-16th Degler, J., Eliasson, A., Anderson, J., Lange, D., &Rush, D., (2015). A-priori modelling of the Tisova Fire Test as input to the experimental work. CONFAB 2015, Glasgow, UK, September 2nd-4th Report to CERIB: Egle Rackauskaite, Guillermo Rein, David Lange and David Rush (2015), Fuel load design of the Tisova Test, 2015 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Large scale structural testing in Portugal |
| Organisation | University of Aveiro |
| Department | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Country | Portugal |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are performing a number of large scale fire tests within the fire testing facilities at the University of Aveiro. We are sending staff to assist with these tests, and we have driven the design and parallel computational analysis of the specimens to be tested. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have fabricated the test specimens and will test them during 2017 in Portugal. |
| Impact | None to date, although we expect at least two (possibly three) journal publications to result from this activity. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Large scale structural testing in Portugal |
| Organisation | University of Porto |
| Department | Facility of Engineering |
| Country | Portugal |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have driven the design of a series of large scale concrete test specimens (columns) that are going to be tested under simulated seismic loading within the structural engineering testing laboratories at the University of Porto. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners at the University of Porto will undertake large scale structural seismic tests in collaboration with PDRAs working on the Challenging RISK project. |
| Impact | None yet, although we expect 2-3 journal papers to result from this work. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Book Chapter and Presentation - COST action TU0904 - Lulea training school |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Rush, D., 2014, Benchmark modelling of concrete filled hollow sections In: F. Wald et al. (ed.) Benchmark studies - Experimental validation of numerical models in fire engineering. CTU Publishing House, Prague. Pp. 86-97 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Chair Person of the Structures in Fire Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chair person of the Structures in Fire Forum - a twice yearly free forum sponsored by SCI, Concrete Centre, AECOM and Olsson Fire |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
| URL | http://www.structuresinfireforum.com |
| Description | Invited Keynote Lecture (2nd European Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Nicosia, Cyprus) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk: "Playing with Fire: Fire as a Design Load in Structural Engineering," 2nd European Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Nicosia, Cyprus, 18 June. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Invited Keynote Lecture (BSI 8th Annual Fire Safety Conference, London) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk: "Fire Safety and the application of innovative design in modern buildings," BSI 8th Annual Fire Safety Conference, London, UK, 11 December. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Invited Keynote Lecture (Fire Safety Science Congress, Arnhem, The Netherlands) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk: "Fire Resistance of Structures: History, Philosophy, Future," Fire Safety Science Congress, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 2-3 November. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited Keynote Lecture (IFE's 93rd AGM & International Conference, London) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk: "Structural Fire Engineering: Rational Design or Lucky Pretense?" IFE's 93rd AGM & International Conference, London, 27-28 July. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited Presentation (30th Anniversary of Lund's Fire Safety Engineering Program, Lund University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk: "Designing Resilient Communities: Fire Resistance Resilience of Structures," 30th Anniversary of Lund's Fire Safety Engineering Program, Lund University, 30 September. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited Presentation (EpiCentre Seminar, UCL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk: "Playing with Fire: Fire as a Design Load in Structural Engineering," EpiCentre Seminar, University College London, 9 March. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Invited Talk (ICE Glasgow and West of Scotland Graduates & Students Annual Conference) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk: "Fire as a Design Load in Structural Engineering," ICE Glasgow and West of Scotland Graduates & Students Annual Conference, Stirling University, Scotland, 8 Feb. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Invited Talk and Panel Discussion (Industries of Architecture Conference, Newcastle) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk: "Playing with Fire," Industries of Architecture, Newcastle University, 15 November. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Joint Committee of Structural Safety - Probabilistic Workshop - Boras, Sweden |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of work at a workshop to help develop probabilistic codes within Europe for fire safety engineering |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Towards fragility analysis for buildings in fire: Thought experiments on concrete columns |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.steelinfire.org.uk/downloads/DR_LB_2014.pdf |
| Description | Presentation - ATC Structural fire engineering forum - Sheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Performance Based Structural Fire Engineering: A view from Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Presentation - International Paint Ltd. Newcastle UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Fire Performance of Unprotected and Protected CFS Sections |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Presentation - Structues in fire conference - Shanghai |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Rush, D., Bisby, L., Ioannou, I., & Rossetto, T., 2014, Towards fragility analysis for structural fire resistance: Residual capacity of concrete columns, 8th International Conference on Structures in Fire, Shanghai, China, 11th-13th June, 459-466 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.structuresinfire.com/corpo/conferences/sif14.pdf |
| Description | Presentation - Structues in fire conference - Shanghai |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Rush, D., Bisby, L., & Jowsey, A., 2014. Evaluating design guidance for intumescent fire protection of concrete filled structural hollow sections. 8th International Conference on Structures in Fire, Shanghai, China, 11th-13th June, 1071 - 1078 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.structuresinfire.com/corpo/conferences/sif14.pdf |
| Description | Presentation - TATA Steel - Corby Uk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Fire Performance of Unprotected and Protected CFS Sections |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Prof Luke Bisby appeared as a presenter in multiple episodes of the TV Documentary Series "Impossible Engineering", Series 1, 2, and 3. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Luke Bisby acted as a presented in the Engineering Documentary Series "Impossible Engineering", produced by TwoFour Productions and airing on Yesterday Channel in the UK (part of UKTV). Aired on Discovery Science in the US and various other channels internationally. Bisby appeared in a total of 7 episodes across three seasons. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
| URL | http://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/shows/impossible-engineering/ |
| Description | Structures in Fire Conference, Princeton US |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented research paper to academic peers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Construction of Judgement-Based Fragility Functions for Reinforced Concrete Cast-in-Place Buildings Affected by Fire - Organiser of an Expert Elicitation workshop held in Shanghai after the Structures in Fire Conference 2014, to elicit opinions from 13 experts on the response and fragility of concrete structures to fire. Paper due from workshop: Ioannou, I., Rush, D., Bisby, L., Aspinall, W., & Rossetto, T., 2015. Application of expert judgment to the quantification of a damage scale for RC buildings exposed to fire. ICASP12, Vancover, Canada, July 12th -15th |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Workshop - Concrete in Fire Forum - Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Organiser of the next Concrete in Fire Forum (CiFF) to be held at the University of Edinburgh in November 2014 - CiFF brings together European engineering researchers and practitioners with the aim of discussing cutting edge research and problems regarding the response of concrete and concrete structures in fire. Presentations will go online shortly afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Workshop - Theatrical play workshop day -script development for future public engagement. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Towers of Babel is an exciting new play about culpability, collusion, and the risks we take every day. Drawing on research by the University of Edinburgh into why and how the World Trade Centre towers fell on 9/11 this play asks why the significant gaps in our understanding of fire exposed by this terrible event are not being acted upon. Using this specific engineering failure as its focus the play engages with wider questions about the blame culture in our society, the choices made between financial cost and human cost, and how engineers manage and articulate risk to the wider public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://edinburghfireresearch.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/playing-with-fire-towers-of-babel.html |