Journal articles

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Journal articles | 2024

Reddy PJ; Chinta S; Matear R; Taylor J; Baki H; Thatcher M; Kala J; Sharples J, 2024, 'Machine learning based parameter sensitivity of regional climate models—a case study of the WRF model for heat extremes over Southeast Australia', Environmental Research Letters, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0eb0

Hassan A; Accary G; Sutherland D; Moinuddin K, 2024, 'Physics-based modelling of wind-driven junction fires', Fire Safety Journal, 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.104039

Lam WK; Chan L; Sutherland D; Manasseh R; Moinuddin K; Ooi A, 2024, 'Effect of stratification on the propagation of a cylindrical gravity current', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 983, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.98

Zahtila T; Lam WK; Chan L; Sutherland D; Moinuddin K; Dai A; Skvortsov A; Manasseh R; Ooi A, 2024, 'On the propagation of planar gravity currents into a stratified ambient', Physics of Fluids, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0190835

Pérez-Hämmerle K-V; Moon K; Possingham HP, 2024, 'Unearthing assumptions and power: A framework for research, policy, and practice', One Earth, 7, pp. 199 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.01.003

Weir, J.K., Morgain, R., Moon, K. et al. Centring Indigenous peoples in knowledge exchange research-practice by resetting assumptions, relationships and institutions. Sustain Sci 19, 629–645 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01457-3

Baena JC; Kabir II; Wang C; Nazir MT; Yeoh GH, 2024, 'Optimization of flame retardancy and mechanical properties of cotton fabrics with D-glucosamine hydrochloride and phosphorus-containing polyol coating', Composites Communications, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coco.2024.101812

De Cachinho Cordeiro IM; Chen TBY; Yuen ACY; Chen Q; Yang W; Wang C; Wang W; Chan QN; Zhang J; Yeoh GH, 2024, 'Characterising flame-retardant mechanism of phosphorous-containing intumescent coating on polyethylene via ReaxFF MD simulations', Chemical Engineering Journal, 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.148169

Lin J; Zhou H; Hawkes ER; Ma MC; Yeoh GH, 2024, 'Radiative flamelet/progress variable modelling of the UMD turbulent line fires under varying oxygen concentrations', Fire Safety Journal, 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.104064

Yang W; Chang W; Zhang J; Heng Yeoh G; Boyer C; Wang CH, 2024, 'A novel strategy for high flame retardancy and structural strength of epoxy composites by functionalizing ammonium polyphosphate (APP) using an amine-based hardener', Composite Structures, 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.117710

Journal articles | 2023

Bowman DMJS; Sharples JJ, 2023, 'Taming the flame, from local to global extreme wildfires', Science, 381, pp. 616 - 619, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adi8066

Edalati-Nejad A; Ghodrat M; Sharples JJ, 2023, 'On the interaction of wind, fire intensity and downslope terrain with implications for building standards in wildfire-prone areas', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32, pp. 1619 - 1632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF22124

Ma W; Wilson CS; Sharples JJ; Jovanoski Z, 2023, 'Investigating the Effect of Fuel Moisture and Atmospheric Instability on PyroCb Occurrence over Southeast Australia', Atmosphere, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos14071087

Masoudian S; Sharples J; Jovanoski Z; Towers I; Watt S, 2023, 'Incorporating Stochastic Wind Vectors in Wildfire Spread Prediction', Atmosphere, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos14111609

Ribeiro C; Xavier Viegas D; Raposo J; Reis L; Sharples J, 2023, 'Slope effect on junction fire with two non-symmetric fire fronts', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE, 32, pp. 328 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF22152

Hassan A; Accary G; Sutherland D; Moinuddin K, 2023, 'Physics-based modelling of junction fires: parametric study', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32, pp. 336 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf22121

Innocent J; Sutherland D; Khan N; Moinuddin K, 2023, 'Physics-based simulations of grassfire propagation on sloped terrain at field scale: flame dynamics, mode of fire propagation and heat fluxes', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32, pp. 513 - 530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF21125

Innocent J; Sutherland D; Khan N; Moinuddin K, 2023, 'Physics-based simulations of grassfire propagation on sloped terrain at field scale: motivations, model reliability, rate of spread and fire intensity', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32, pp. 496 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF21124

Innocent J; Sutherland D; Moinuddin K, 2023, 'Field-Scale Physical Modelling of Grassfire Propagation on Sloped Terrain under Low-Speed Driving Wind', Fire, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire6100406

Khan N; Sutherland D; Moinuddin K, 2023, 'Simulated behaviour of wildland fire spreading through idealised heterogeneous fuels', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32, pp. 738 - 748, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF22009

Sutherland D; Rashid MA; Hilton JE; Moinuddin KAM, 2023, 'Implementation of spatially-varying wind adjustment factor for wildfire simulations', Environmental Modelling and Software, 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105660

Wadhwani R; Sutherland D; Moinuddin K; Huang X, 2023, 'Numerical simulation of two parallel merging wildfires', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32, pp. 1726 - 1740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF23071

El Rafei M; Sherwood S; Evans J; Dowdy A; Ji F, 2023, 'Biases in Estimating Long-Term Recurrence Intervals of Extreme Events Due To Regionalized Sampling', Geophysical Research Letters, 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105286

El Rafei M; Sherwood S; Evans J; Dowdy A, 2023, 'Analysis and characterisation of extreme wind gust hazards in New South Wales, Australia', Natural Hazards, 117, pp. 875 - 895, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05887-1

El Rafei M; Sherwood S; Evans JP; Ji F, 2023, 'Analysis of extreme wind gusts using a high-resolution Australian Regional Reanalysis', Weather and Climate Extremes, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2022.100537

Grose MR; Narsey S; Trancoso R; Mackallah C; Delage F; Dowdy A; Di Virgilio G; Watterson I; Dobrohotoff P; Rashid HA; Rauniyar S; Henley B; Thatcher M; Syktus J; Abramowitz G; Evans JP; Su CH; Takbash A, 2023, 'A CMIP6-based multi-model downscaling ensemble to underpin climate change services in Australia', Climate Services, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100368

Isaza A; Kay M; Evans JP; Prasad A; Bremner S, 2023, 'Air quality impacts on rooftop photovoltaic energy production during the 2019–2020 Australian bushfires season', Solar Energy, 257, pp. 240 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.04.014

Flores-Moreno H; Dalrymple RL; Cornwell WK; Popovic G; Nakagawa S; Atkinson J; Cooke J; Laffan SW; Bonser SP; Schwanz LE; Crean AJ; Eldridge DJ; Garratt M; Brooks RC; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Cohen DR; Clark GF; Sen Gupta A; Reich PB; Cornelissen JHC; Craine JM; Hemmings FA; Kattge J; Niinemets Ü; Peñuelas J; Moles AT, 2023, 'Is Australia weird? A cross-continental comparison of biological, geological and climatological features', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1073842

Qi J; Ding L; Lim S, 2023, 'Application of a decision-making framework for multi-objective optimisation of urban heat mitigation strategies', Urban Climate, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101372

Constantine M; Williams AN; Francke A; Cadd H; Forbes M; Cohen TJ; Zhu X; Mooney SD, 2023, 'Exploration of the Burning Question: A Long History of Fire in Eastern Australia with and without People', Fire, 6, pp. 152 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire6040152

Constantine M; Zhu X; Cadd H; Mooney S, 2023, 'The transition from an Indigenous to a European influenced fire regime at Lake Werri Berri, south-east Australia', Holocene, 33, pp. 505 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09596836231151827

Wang L; Liu Z; Rajamuni M, 2023, 'Recent progress of lattice Boltzmann method and its applications in fluid-structure interaction', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 237, pp. 2461 - 2484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09544062221077583

Sanderson D; Patel R; Gleason K, 2023, 'Urban Health and Disaster Resilience', Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190632366.013.441

Cortes, C.A.T., Thurow, S., Ong, A., Sharples, J., Bednarz, T., Stevens, G., Del Favero, D., "Analysis of Wildfire Visualization Systems for Research and Training: Are They up for the Challenge of the Current State of Wildfires?," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2023.3258440

Baena JC; Wang C; Kabir II; Khalid A; Nazir MT; Yuen ACY; Ahmad F; Yeoh GH, 2023, 'Fire behaviour of waterborne intumescent coatings on timber substrate for bushfire exposure', Fire Safety Journal, 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.103836

Avendaño JI; Domingo A; Zlatanova S, 2023, 'Building Information Modeling in Steel Building Projects Following BIM-DFE Methodology: A Case Study', Buildings, 13, pp. 2137 - 2137, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092137