Publications

Below is a selection of our recently published books and book chapters. To view more publications, please visit our researcher profiles at Our people, or search via our UNSW online publications database.

Book Chapters | 2024

Lu J; Ghodrat M; Escobedo-Diaz JP, 2024, 'Experimental Investigation of the Factors Affecting Performance of Firefighters’ Protective Clothing', in Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2024, pp. 465 - 475, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50304-7_45

Ostwald MJ; Thurow S; Del Favero D; Scott-Mitchell M, 2024, 'Multimodal Collaborative Design in an Immersive Virtual Environment: Opera Staging and Performance Design Using iModel', in Multimodality in Architecture, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 113 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49511-3_7

Tu J; Yeoh GH; Liu C; Tao Y, 2024, 'Practical Guidelines for CFD Simulation and Analysis', in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Elsevier, pp. 251 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-93938-6.00011-7

Book Chapters | 2022

Edalati-nejad A; Ghodrat M; Sharples JJ, 2022, 'The effect of downslope terrain on wildfire dynamics in the presence of a cubic structure', in Advances in Forest Fire Research 2022, pp. 775 - 783, http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_118

Ribeiro C; Viegas DX; Raposo J; Reis L; Sharples J, 2022, 'Slope effect on Junction Fire with Two Non-symmetric Fire Fronts.', in Advances in Forest Fire Research 2022, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, pp. 1768 - 1773, http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_273

Sharples JJ; Hilton JE; Badlan RL; Thomas CM; McRae RHD, 2022, 'Fire Line Geometry and Pyroconvective Dynamics', in Wildland Fire Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, pp. 77 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108683241.004

Hassan A; Accary G; Sutherland D; Meradji S; Moinuddin K, 2022, 'Physics-based modelling of junction fires: Sensitivity and Validation studies', in Advances in Forest Fire Research 2022, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, pp. 315 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_50

Sutherland D; Sharples J; Moinuddin K, 2022, 'Simulated flame shape and heat transfer of quasi-equilibrium grass fires at transitional Byram numbers', in Advances in Forest Fire Research 2022, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, pp. 767 - 774, http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_117

Ghodrat M; Edalati-nejad A; Davies PL, 2022, 'Numerical investigation of the effect of wind speed on wildfire interaction with an idealized building', in Advances in Forest Fire Research 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_111

German S; Metternicht G; Laffan S; Hawken S, 2022, 'Intelligent spatial technologies for gender inclusive urban environments in today's smart cities', in Intelligent Environments: Advanced Systems for a Healthy Planet, Second Edition, Elsevier, pp. 285 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820247-0.00012-6

Sanderson D, 2023, 'Identifying Opportunities to Build Resilience in Urban Disaster Recovery', in Sustainable Built Environment [Working Title], IntechOpen, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.109475

Kabir II; Wang C; Yuen ACY; Yeoh GH, 2022, 'Cellulose-based flame retardants for polymeric materials', in Bio-based Flame-Retardant Technology for Polymeric Materials, pp. 97 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90771-2.00002-X

Below is a selection of our recent conference papers. To view more publications, please visit our researcher profiles at Our people, or search via our UNSW online publications database.

Conference Papers | 2023

Edalati-Nejad A; Ghodrat M; Sharples JJ, 2023, 'An investigation of the heating, drying, and pyrolysis process of two separate moisturized cellulosic leaves', in Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM, pp. 214 - 220

Saurav TM; Sutherland D; Sharples J, 2023, 'A computational framework for phenomenological modelling of ember storms at the wildland-urban interface', in Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM, pp. 816 - 822

Wilson CS; Ma W; Sharples JJ; Evans JP, 2023, 'Statistical analysis of Continuous Haines Index and Fuel Moisture Index for pyrocumulonimbus and non-pyrocumulonimbus wildfires in southeast Australia', in Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM, pp. 1055 – 1061

Thurow S; Del Favero D; Blackler A; Asadipour A, 2023, 'Terrestrial Aesthetics. Transforming the Understanding of and Engagement with Extreme Events', presented at Arts and Humanities in Digital Transition Conference, Institute of Communication, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal, 06 July 2023 - 07 July 2023, https://ah-digitaltransition.fcsh.unl.pt/

Thurow S; Del Favero D; Frohne U; Moinuddin K; Sharma A; Song Y, 2023, 'Re-Imagining the Climate Emergency Using AI Visualisation', presented at RE:SOURCE – 10th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science & Technology, Venice Centre for Digital & Public Humanities, Università Ca’Foscari Venice, Italy, 13 September 2023 - 16 September 2023, https://www.resource-media.art/

Ghodrat M; Edalati-Nejad A; Simeoni A, 2023, 'Effect of wind speed on wildfire interaction with multiple structures in the wildland–urban interface', in Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM, pp. 255 - 261

Ghodrat M; Edalati-nejad A, 2023, 'Analysis of the Wind Flow and Fuel Heat Release Rate on Dynamics of Wildfire', in Tokumasu T; Ahn J (ed.), Twentieth International Conference on Flow Dynamics Proceedings, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, pp. 108 - 108, presented at Twentieth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, 06 November 2023 - 08 November 2023

Ghodrat M; Edalati-nejad A, 2023, 'Effect of Fire Intensity on Wildfire Interaction with Multiple Structures', in Dlugogorsk BZ; Masri AR (ed.), Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium, Darwin, Australia, pp. 82 - 82, presented at Australian Combustion Symposium 2023, Darwin, Australia, 26 November 2023 - 29 November 2023

Ghodrat M, 2023, 'Real-time prediction of wind–fire interaction using a CFD-based deep neural network framework: A methodological approach', in MODSIM2023, 25th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Darwin Australia, presented at MODSIM2023, 25th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Darwin Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.36334/modsim.2023.ghodrat425

Ghodrat M, 2023, 'Numerical Modeling of Smoke Plume Dynamics in Wildland Urban Interface', http://dx.doi.org/10.36334/modsim.2023.ghodrat420

Hosseini M; Lim S, 2023, 'Bushfire Susceptibility Mapping Using Gene Expression Programming and Machine Learning Methods: A Case Study of Kangaroo Island, South Australia', in International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, GISTAM - Proceedings, pp. 123 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0011724700003473

De Cachinho Cordeiro IM; Yuen ACY; Chen T; Yeoh G, 2023, 'Multiscale Modelling of Fire Retarded Polymers Composites: The Molecular Dynamics and Computational Fluid Dynamics (MD-CFD) Framework', presented at 7th International Symposium on Fire-Retardant Materials & Technologies, Beijing, China, 17 March 2023 - 19 March 2023

Conference Papers | 2022

Fayad J; Accary G; Sutherland D; Meradji S; Frangieh N; Moinuddin K; Morvan D; Chatelon FJ; Rossi J-L, 2022, 'Numerical Study of Junction Fires on Sloped Terrain for Grassland Vegetation', in The Third International Conference on Fire Behavior and Risk, MDPI, presented at The Third International Conference on Fire Behavior and Risk, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022017112

Lu Y; Laffan S; Pettit C, 2022, 'The integration of cellular automata and what if? For scenario planning: future residential expansion in the city of Ipswich', in ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Sydney, Australia, pp. 151 - 158, presented at ISPRS TC IV 7th International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities (SDSC), Sydney, Australia, 19 October 2022 - 21 October 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W3-2022-151-2022

Le V-H; Plested J; El-Fiqi H, 2022, 'Deep learning based detection of high similarity objects on limited hardware robots', in Ishibuchi H; Kwoh C-K (ed.), Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI) December 4 – 7, 2022, Singapore, IEEE SSCI, Singapore, pp. 1770 - 1771, presented at 2022 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI) December 4 – 7, 2022, Singapore, Singapore, 04 December 2022 - 07 December 2022, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10022077

Homainejad N; Zlatanova S; Pfeifer N; Sepasgozar SME, 2022, 'A Methodology for an Automated Three-Dimensional Heathland Assessment Workflow in Support of Bushfire Behaviour Modelling', in The 3rd Built Environment Research Forum, MDPI, presented at BERF3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2021012024

Taleai M; Mokhtari M; Zlatanova S, 2022, '3D based smoke fire emission and emergency evacuation simulation on high-rise buildings, in International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, pp. 139 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W4-2022-139-2022