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Recent Publications |
Prof. A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello Publications (pdf file)
Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "A Model for the Oxidative Pyrolysis of Wood," submitted to Combustion and Flame on January 26, 2008. |
Lautenberger, C., Coles, A., Wolski, A., Smits, B. & Wong, K., "Fire Growth in a Rail Car Mockup – Experiment and Modeling," submitted to Fire Safety Science – Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on January 14, 2008. |
Lautenberger, C., Kim, E., Dembsey, N. & Fernandez-Pello, C., "The Role of Decomposition Kinetics in Pyrolysis Modeling – Application to a Fire Retardant Polyester Composite," submitted to Fire Safety Science – Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on January 14, 2008. |
Dodd, A.B., Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "Numerical Examination of Two-Dimensional Smolder Structure in Polyurethane Foam," submitted to Proceedings of the Combustion Institute on January 2, 2008. |
Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Combustible Solids," submitted to Fire Safety Journal on November 13, 2007. |
O. Putzeys, A. C. Fernandez-Pello, G. Rein, D.L. Urban, "The Piloted Transition to Flaming in Smoldering Fire Retarded and Non-Fire Retarded Polyurethane Foam", Fire and Materials (in press), 2008. |
Kwon, J.-W., Dembsey, N.A., & Lautenberger, C.W., "Evaluation of FDS v4: Upward Flame Spread," Fire Technology 43 255-284 (2007). |
Rich, D., Lautenberger, C., Torero, J.L., Quintiere, J.G. & Fernandez-Pello, C., "Mass Flux of Combustible Solids at Piloted Ignition,"; Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31 2653-2660 (2007). |
| G. Rein, AC. Fernandez-Pello, DL. Urban. "Computational Model of Forward and Opposed Smoldering Combustion in Microgravity", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31 (2), pp. 2677-2684, 2007. |
O. Putzeys, A. Bar-Ilan, G. Rein, AC. Fernandez-Pello, DL. Urban. "The role of secondary char oxidation in the transition from smoldering to flaming", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31 (2), pp. 2669-2676, 2007 |
O. Putzeys, A. C. Fernandez-Pello, and D. Urban, "Ignition of Combustion Modified Polyurethane Foam," in Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres, 11th Edition, D. B. Hirsch et al., Editors, ASTM International, STP 1479, pp. 15-25, 2006. |
O. Putzeys, A. C. Fernandez-Pello, and D. Urban, "Ignition of Combustion Modified Polyurethane Foam," Journal of ASTM International, v. 3, n. 3, paper ID JAI13558, 2006. |
Rein, G., Lautenberger, C., Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Torero, J.L. & Urban, D.L., "Application of Genetic Algorithms and Thermogravimetry to Determine the Kinetics of Polyurethane Foam in Smoldering Combustion," Combustion and Flame 146 95-108 (2006). |
Lautenberger, C., Rein, G. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "The Application of a Genetic Algorithm to Estimate Material Properties for Fire Modeling from Bench-Scale Fire Test Data," Fire Safety Journal 41 204-214 (2006). |
Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "Approximate Analytical Solutions for the Transient Mass Loss Rate and Piloted Ignition Time of a Radiatively Heated Solid in the High Heat Flux Limit,"; Fire Safety Science – Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium, Beijing China, September 2005, pp. 445-456. |
G. Rein, A. Bar-Ilan, AC. Fernandez-Pello, JL. Ellzey, JL. Torero, DL. Urban. "Modeling of One-Dimensional Smoldering of Polyurethane in Microgravity Conditions", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 30 (2) pp. 2327-2334, 2005. |
A. Bar-Ilan, O. Putzeys, G. Rein, AC. Fernandez-Pello, DL. Urban. "Transition from Forward Smoldering to Flaming in Small Polyurethane Foam Samples", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 30 (2) pp. 2295-2302, 2005. |
Lautenberger, C., Zhou, Y.Y. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "Numerical Modeling of Convective Effects on Piloted Ignition of Composite Materials," Combustion Science and Technology 177 1231-1252 (2005). |
Lautenberger, C., de Ris, J., Dembsey, N.A., Barnett, J.R. & Baum, H.R., "A Simplified Model for Soot Formation and Oxidation in CFD Simulation of Non-premixed Hydrocarbon Flames," Fire Safety Journal 40 141-176 (2005). |
A. Bar-Ilan, G. Rein, DC. Walther, AC. Fernandez-Pello, JL. Torero, DL. Urban. "The Effect of Buoyancy on Opposed smoldering", Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 176, 2004, pp. 2027-2055. |
A. Bar-Ilan, G. Rein, AC. Fernandez-Pello, JL. Torero, DL. Urban "Forced Forward Smoldering Experiments in Microgravity", Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 28 (7), 2004, pp. 743-751 |
McAllister, S., Lai, J., Scott, S., Ramirez-Correa, A., Fernandez-Pello, C., Urban, D., and Ruff, G. "Effect of Pressure on Piloted Ignition Delay of PMMA," 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 9, 2008. |
Dodd, A.B., Lautenberger, C., and Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "Numerical Modeling of Two-Dimensional Smolder Structure," Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, University of Virginia, October 21-24, 2007. |
Dembsey, N., Avila, M., Kim, E., Lautenberger, C., & Dore, C., "Fire Characteristics of Polyester FRP Composites with Different Glass Contents," Composites & Polycon 2007 Tampa, FL, October 2007. |
Coles, A., Wolski, A., & Lautenberger, C., "Using Fire Dynamics Simulator for Fire Growth Modeling," Interflam 2007, London, UK, September 2007. |
G. Rein, JL. Torero, AC. Fernandez-Pello, "Modelling the Propagation of Forward and Opposed Smouldering Combustion", 81st EUROTHERM seminar, Reactive Heat Transfer in Porous Media, Albi, June 2007. |
Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, C., "A Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Combustible Solids," Fifth International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh, UK, April 2007. |
McAllister, S., Rich, D., Lautenberger, C., Fernandez-Pello, C. & Yuan, Z.G., "Modeling Microgravity and Normal Gravity Flame Spread Rates over Samples of Polymer and Polymer/Glass Composites," Fifth International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh, UK, April 2007. |
Chatterjee, P., de Ris, J.L., & Lautenberger, C.W., "A General Combustion Model for Radiation Dominated Non-premixed Flames," Fifth International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh, UK, April 2007. |
Lautenberger, C., McAllister, S., Rich, D., & Fernandez-Pello, C., "Effect of Environmental Variables on Flame Spread Rates in Microgravity," 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 2007, AIAA Paper 2007-383. |
McAllister, S., Rich, D., Lautenberger, C., Fernandez-Pello, C., "Modeling Microgravity and Normal Gravity Opposed Flame Spread over Polymer/Glass Composites," 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 2007, AIAA Paper 2007-740. |
Coles, A., Wolski, A., Lautenberger, C.W., and Dembsey, N.A., "Building Code Requirements for Performance Based Designs and Fire Modeling", Composites 2006, St. Louis, MO, October 2006. |
Lautenberger, C., McAllister, S., Rich, D., & Fernandez-Pello, C., "Modeling the Effect of Environmental Variables on Opposed-Flow Flame Spread Rates with FDS," International Congress on Fire Safety in Tall Buildings, Santander, Spain, October 2006. |
Rich, D., Lautenberger, C., McAllister, S. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "Microgravity Flame Spread Rates Over Samples of Polymer and Polymer/Glass Composites," Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, Boise ID, March 2006. |
O. Putzeys, G. Rein, AC. Fernandez-Pello, DL. Urban, "Piloted Ignition to Flaming in Smoldering Polyurethane Foam", 44th American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Conference, Reno, Nevada, January 2006. |
Rein, G., Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "Using Genetic Algorithms to Derive the Parameters of Solid-Phase Combustion from Experiments," 20th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Montreal, Canada, August 2005. |
Rein, G., Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "On the Derivation of Polyurethane Kinetics Parameters Using Genetic Algorithms and its Application to Smoldering Combustion," Fourth International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, Paris France, Vol. 1 pp. 578-584, May 2005. |
C. Ghabi, G. Rein, H.B. Ticha, M. Sassi, "Bidimensional Numerical Model for Polyurethane Smoldering in a Fixed Bed" Progress in Computational Heat and Mass Transfers (Proceedings of the 4th ICCHMT, Paris), Vol. 1, pp. 572-578. May 2005. |
Rein, G., Lautenberger, C., Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Torero, J.L. & Urban, D.L., "Derivation of the Kinetics Parameters of Polyurethane Foam Using Genetic Algorithms," Fourth Joint Meeting of the US Sections of the Combustion Institute, Philadelphia PA, March 2005. |
G. Rein, C. Lautenberger, A.C. Fernandez-Pello, "The Application of Genetic Algorithms to Determine the Kinetic Constants in Heterogeneous Combustion Reactions", Workshop in Honor of Amable Liñán, Granada, September 2004. |
G. Rein, J.B. Herren, AC. Fernandez-Pello, DL. Urban, "On the Derivation of Polyurethane Kinetics Parameters using Genetic Algorithms" 30th International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute. Work-in-Progress Poster. Chicago, July 2004. |
A. Bar-Ilan, O. Putzeys, G. Rein, Y. Tsuji, AC. Fernandez-Pello, DL. Urban, "Transition from Forward Smoldering to Flaming in Small
Polyurethane Foam Samples" Western States Section Spring Meeting, The Combustion Institute, Davis, California. March 2004. Paper 04S-52. |
G. Rein, A. Bar-Ilan, A.C. Fernandez-Pello, J.L. Ellzey, D.L Urban. "Numerical Simulation of One-Dimensional Forward Smoldering in
Microgravity", Western States Section Fall Meeting, The Combustion Institute, Los Angeles. October 2003. Paper 03F-38. |
Lautenberger, C., Stevanovic, A., Rich, D., Torero, J. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "An Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Ignition Delay Time of Composite Materials," Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, Los Angeles CA, October 2003. |
Lautenberger, C., Stevanovic, A., Rich, D., Torero, J., "Effect of Material Composition on Ignition Delay of Composites," Composites 2003, Anaheim CA, October 2003. |
A.C. Fernandez-Pello, A. Bar-Ilan, G. Rein, DL. Urban and JL. Torero, "Forced Forward Smoldering Experiments Aboard the Space Shuttle," 7th International Workshop on Microgravity Combustion, Cleveland, June 2003. |
A. Bar-Ilan, G. Rein, AC. Fernandez-Pello, JL. Torero, DL. Urban "Microgravity Forward Smoldering Experiments in the Space Shuttle" 41st American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Conference, Reno, Nevada, January 2003. |
A. Bar-Ilan, G. Rein, AC. Fernandez-Pello, JL. Torero, DL. Urban "Effect of Buoyancy on Forced Forward Smoldering" Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Marrakech, 2003. |
A. Bar-Ilan, G. Rein, AC. Fernandez-Pello, DL. Urban "Mass-Flux Effects on Opposed and Forward Smolder in Microgravity" 29th International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, Work-in-Progress Poster. Sapporo (Japan), July 2002. |
A. Bar-Ilan, D. Rich, G. Rein, AC. Fernandez-Pello, H. Hanai, T. Niioka, "Flow-Assisted Flame Propagation Through a Porous Combustible in Microgravity", Western States Section Spring Meeting, The Combustion Institute. San Diego, California, March 2002. |
Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "Pyrolysis Modeling, Thermal Decomposition, and Transport Processes in Combustible Solids," to appear in Transport Phenomena in Fires, Edited by M. Faghri and B. Sunden, WIT Press, 2008. |
Lautenberger, C., Torero, J.L. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., "Understanding Materials Flammability," in Flammability Testing of Materials Used in Construction, Transport and Mining, Edited by V. Apte, Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, UK pp. 1-21, 2006. |
Combustion Processes Laboratories
PI: Prof. A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello
Department of Mechanical Engineering
60 Hesse Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
Phone: +1 510 642-6554
Fax: +1 510 642-1850
Email: clauten (at) me.berkeley.edu