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Overview

Asif Usmani is affiliated with Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, particularly within civil and structural engineering and safety research disciplines.

Their research portfolio includes significant work on fire dynamics and safety, structural responses to dynamic loads, and environmental engineering, with a total of 196 publications in engineering. Their subfields of study comprise:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Ocean Engineering

Usmani's main research topics cover:

  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Fire effects on concrete materials
  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Fire Detection and Safety Systems
  • Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes

Their publication record features articles in prominent venues with repeated contributions to several journals, including:

  • Fire Technology
  • Fire Safety Journal
  • Engineering Structures
  • Structures
  • Fire and Materials

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Smart Detection of Fire Source in Tunnel Based on the Numerical Database and Artificial Intelligence" (2020, Fire Technology)
  • "A real-time forecast of tunnel fire based on numerical database and artificial intelligence" (2021, Building Simulation)
  • "Real-time natural gas release forecasting by using physics-guided deep learning probability model" (2022, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • "Perspectives of big experimental database and artificial intelligence in tunnel fire research" (2020, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology)
  • "Real-time pipeline leak detection and localization using an attention-based LSTM approach" (2023, Process Safety and Environmental Protection)

Collaboration plays an important role in their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Liming Jiang
  • Xinyan Huang
  • Aatif Ali Khan
  • Jihao Shi
  • Mustesin Ali Khan

Best Publications

  • Fundamental principles of structural behaviour under thermal effects

    Asif Sohail Usmani;J.M. Rotter;S. Lamont;A.M. Sanad

  • Finite element modelling of the pelvis: inclusion of muscular and ligamentous boundary conditions.

    A.T.M. Phillips;A.T.M. Phillips;P. Pankaj;C.R. Howie;Asif Sohail Usmani

  • Mechanical considerations in impaction bone grafting

    N. T. Brewster;W. J. Gillespie;C. R. Howie;S. P. G. Madabhushi

  • How did the WTC towers collapse: a new theory

    Asif Sohail Usmani;Y.C. Chung;J.L. Torero

  • Finite Element Analysis for Heat Transfer: Theory and Software

    Asif S. Usmani;Hou-Cheng Huang

  • Behaviour of concrete structures in fire

    A Ian Fletcher;Stephen Welch;L José Torero;O Richard Carvel

  • Techniques to improve the shear strength of impacted bone graft: the effect of particle size and washing of the graft.

    Douglas G. Dunlop;Nigel T. Brewster;S. P.Gopal Madabhushi;Asif S. Usmani

  • A structural analysis of the first Cardington test

    M. Gillie;Asif Sohail Usmani;J.M. Rotter

  • Smart Detection of Fire Source in Tunnel Based on the Numerical Database and Artificial Intelligence

    Xiqiang Wu;Younggi Park;Ao Li;Xinyan Huang

  • Modeling of steel frame structures in fire using OpenSees

    Jian Jiang;Asif Usmani

  • An application of the PEER performance based earthquake engineering framework to structures in fire

    David Lange;Shaun Devaney;Asif Usmani

  • A structural analysis of the Cardington British Steel corner test

    M. Gillie;Asif Sohail Usmani;J.M. Rotter

  • Heat transfer analysis of the composite slab in the Cardington frame fire tests

    S. Lamont;Asif Sohail Usmani;D.D. Drysdale

  • A finite element model for the simulations of mould filling in metal casting and the associated heat transfer

    Asif Sohail Usmani;J.T. Cross;R.W. Lewis

  • Finite element analysis of heat transfer and flow problems using adaptive remeshing including application to solidification problems

    R.W. Lewis;H.C. Huang;Asif Sohail Usmani;J.T. Cross

  • A real-time forecast of tunnel fire based on numerical database and artificial intelligence

    Xiqiang Wu;Xiaoning Zhang;Xinyan Huang;Fu Xiao

  • Tall building collapse mechanisms initiated by fire: Mechanisms and design methodology

    David Lange;Charlotte Röben;Asif Usmani

  • Efficient mould filling simulation in castings by an explicit finite element method

    R.W. Lewis;Asif Sohail Usmani;J.T. Cross

  • h‐adaptive finite element solution of high Rayleigh number thermally driven cavity problem

    David A. Mayne;Asif S. Usmani;Martin Crapper

  • FireGrid: An e-infrastructure for next-generation emergency response support

    Liangxiu Han;Stephen Potter;George Beckett;Gavin Pringle

  • Finite Element Analysis for Heat Transfer: Theory and Software

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  • Fundamental principles of structural behaviour under thermal effects (large composite buildings under compartment fires)

    J. M. Rotter;A. S. Usmani

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose L. Torero
Jose L. Torero University College London
Guo-Qiang Li
Guo-Qiang Li Tongji University
Andrew N. Phillips
Andrew N. Phillips University College London
Spg Madabhushi
Spg Madabhushi University of Cambridge
Yong Lu
Yong Lu University of Edinburgh
Roland W. Lewis
Roland W. Lewis Swansea University
Fu Xiao
Fu Xiao Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Guillermo Rein
Guillermo Rein Imperial College London
Austin Tate
Austin Tate University of Edinburgh
Steven A. Cummer
Steven A. Cummer Duke University

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