Dr Alan Green’s study focused on the analysis of external water spray systems that are designed to protect buildings from bushfires. He undertook experiments to better understand the detailed behaviour of water sprays and the effects of wind on system performance and used computational fluid dynamics simulations to build on the experiments, improving our understanding of how well these spray systems perform. Alan presented his findings at the 2018 CRC Research Forum.
Alan is now a Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong’s Sustainable Buildings Research Centre. He is working to publish his PhD findings in academic journals and assemble a new research project on bushfire sprinkler systems. Such systems could save homes and lives from bushfires, but more scientific investigation is required.
His thesis is available here.
Student project
Resources credited
| Type | Released | Title | Download | Key Topics |
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| Presentation-Slideshow | 19 Apr 2018 | Three Minute Thesis: Sprinkler systems to improve the bushfire resilience of buildings |
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fire, fire impacts |
