FLACS-Fire recent developments, validation and future plans – FLUG Week 2021
September 28, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CEST
This presentation is part of FLUG Week 2021.
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Title: FLACS-Fire recent developments, validation, and future plans
This presentation highlights the recent developments, validation, and future plan for FLACS-Fire, a 3D fire consequence modelling tool.
About the speaker
Deiveegan Muthusamy
Principal Research Engineer @ Gexcon
Dr. Deiveegan Muthusamy has over 17 years of experience in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), heat transfer, and software product development. He is currently working as a General Manager Gexcon Pune / Principal Research Engineer, Gexcon India. He published research articles in numerous international journals like the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. His research covers Fire modelling, Radiative heat transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Parameter Estimation, and Optimization.
About FLUG
The FLACS User Group (FLUG) is a high-profile discussion forum for engineers, safety experts, and industry scholars.
FLUG meets to discuss new software developments and safety-related topics. Its work has played an integral role in the development of Gexcon’s industry-leading software, which represents more than 40 years of extensive and unrivalled modelling and validation work.
Other FLUG Week 2021 presentations
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- Beyond boxes and cylinders – the challenges and opportunities for using mesh geometries in FLACS-CFD by Djurre Siccama, Senior Manager @ Gexcon
- FLACS-CFD Validation and Sensitivities by Shona Mackie, Senior Research Engineer @ Gexcon
- Using FLACS-Fire on real cases: a user experience by Francesco Chillè, Independent Consultant @ FCSolutionS
- Investigations on pool evaporation and vapour cloud explosions in Industrial environments by Sai Mahith Thummaluru, Safety Engineer @ BASF
- FLACS used for hydrogen and hydrogen fuels by Olav Roald Hansen, CEO, and founder @ HYEX Safety AS
- The use of CFD for the design of hydrogen bulk storage areas by Pablo Giacopinelli, Senior Engineer @ Gexcon
- Safety analysis and risk control of shore-based bunkering operations for a hydrogen-powered ship by FENG Yuxiang, Process Engineer @ China Classification Society (CCS)
- Recent research activity at Gexcon by Lorenzo Mauri, Principal Research Engineer @ Gexcon
- Uncertainties in probabilistic explosion risk analysis by Prankul Middha, Principal Consultant and Director @ Abercus
- DDT Evaluation with FLACS by Jihui Geng, Senior Principal Scientist @ BakerRisk
- Advanced dispersion modelling of hydrogen cyanide in a closed environment by Jake Connor, Graduate Engineer @ Gexcon
- Consequence modelling of hazardous chemicals in polymer industries by Gokul Mahajan, Technical Team Lead – Projects @ Gexcon
