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On the Application of Physics-Informed Neural Networks to Real-Time Structural Integrity Prediction Under Compartment Fire Conditions

A PINN framework embedding heat transfer and thermoelastic stress PDEs into the training loss function, achieving structural state evaluation in 0.3 seconds versus 45 minutes for conventional FEA.

22 March 202618 min read

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Neuromorphic Sensor Architectures for Sub-Millisecond Fire Signature Recognition

Comparative study of spiking neural networks on Intel Loihi 2 versus CNN on GPU, achieving 340 microsecond detection latency at 23 milliwatts power consumption.

8 March 202616 min read
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Federated Learning Architectures for Cross-Organisational Fire Risk Intelligence

A federated learning architecture enabling cross-organisational fire risk model training without centralising raw data, achieving AUROC of 0.847 with formal differential privacy guarantees.

1 March 202617 min read
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Thermal Runaway Propagation Modelling in Lithium-Ion Battery Storage: Implications for Strata Car Park Fire Engineering

CFD analysis of thermal runaway propagation in underground car parks, examining heat release rate curves for NMC and LFP cell chemistries and sprinkler activation timing.

14 February 202612 min read
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Vulnerability Analysis of BACnet Protocol Implementations in Networked Fire Indicator Panel Deployments

Protocol-level security analysis of BACnet/IP and BACnet/SC in fire system networks, examining common attack vectors and mitigation strategies for critical infrastructure.

28 January 202610 min read
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Comparative Analysis of Zone Model and CFD Approaches to Smoke Management System Design in Australian High-Rise Buildings

CFAST zone model vs FDS CFD comparison for tenability analysis in a hypothetical 30-storey Sydney CBD commercial building, examining mesh sensitivity and computational trade-offs.

5 March 202614 min read
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Optimising Speech Transmission Index in Emergency Warning Systems: An Acoustic Modelling Study

Acoustic modelling study of STI performance in open-plan commercial environments, examining speaker placement optimisation and DSP techniques for AS 1670.4 compliance.

19 November 202511 min read
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Digital Twin Frameworks for Predictive Maintenance of Fire Protection Systems

A machine learning approach to AS 1851 compliance optimisation using digital twin architecture, gradient boosted decision trees, and BIM integration.

3 December 202513 min read
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