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Overview

T. Richard Hull is affiliated with the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a notable focus on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality as well as Polymers and Plastics. Additional areas of interest include Ocean Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Occupational Therapy.

Their work is concentrated around several main topics, including Fire dynamics and safety research, Flame retardant materials and properties, Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Occupational Health and Performance, Traffic and Road Safety, and Fire Detection and Safety Systems.

Frequent publication venues for Hull include:

  • Fire Safety Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • Fire Technology
  • European Polymer Journal

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hull include:

  • A Critical Appraisal of the UK's Regulatory Regime for Combustible Façades, 2020, Fire Technology
  • Flammability and burning behaviour of fire protected timber, 2023, Fire Safety Journal
  • Burning behaviour of rainscreen façades, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Smoke toxicity of rainscreen façades, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Smoke toxicity of fire protecting timber treatments, 2023, Fire Safety Journal

Key frequent co-authors collaborating with Hull include Iben Hansen-Bruhn, Anna A. Stec, Jim L.D. Glockling, Nicola Jones, and Gabrielle Peck. These collaborations reflect a collective focus on topics related to fire safety, material flammability, and toxicological impacts.

Best Publications

  • Fire retardant action of mineral fillers

    T. Richard Hull;Artur Witkowski;Luke Hollingbery

  • Mechanism of thermal decomposition of poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) from a review of decomposition studies

    Parina Patel;T. Richard Hull;Richard W. McCabe;Dianne Flath

  • Assessment of the fire toxicity of building insulation materials

    Anna A. Stec;T. Richard Hull

  • Fire retardancy of a reactively extruded intumescent flame retardant polyethylene system enhanced by metal chelates

    De-Yi Wang;Yun Liu;Yu-Zhong Wang;C. Perdomo Artiles

  • Fire behaviour of modern façade materials – Understanding the Grenfell Tower fire

    Sean Thomas Mckenna;Nicola Jones;Gabrielle Peck;Kathryn Dickens

  • Flame retardance of poly(methyl methacrylate) modified with phosphorus-containing compounds

    Dennis Price;Kelly Pyrah;T.Richard Hull;G.John Milnes

  • The fire retardant behaviour of huntite and hydromagnesite – A review

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  • Investigation of the thermal decomposition and flammability of PEEK and its carbon and glass-fibre composites

    Parina Patel;T. Richard Hull;Richard E. Lyon;Stanislav I. Stoliarov

  • Synthesis of mesoporous silica@Co-Al layered double hydroxide spheres: layer-by-layer method and their effects on the flame retardancy of epoxy resins.

    Shu-Dong Jiang;Zhi-Man Bai;Gang Tang;Lei Song

  • An investigation into the decomposition and burning behaviour of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer nanocomposite materials

    T.Richard Hull;Dennis Price;Yan Liu;Claire L. Wills

  • A review of candidate fire retardants for polyisoprene

    David J. Kind;David J. Kind;T. Richard Hull

  • Preparation and characterisation of a novel fire retardant PET/α-zirconium phosphate nanocomposite

    De-Yi Wang;Xue-Qi Liu;Jun-Sheng Wang;Yu-Zhong Wang

  • Cone Calorimetry Studies of Fire Retardant Soybean-Oil-Based Copolymers Containing Silicon or Boron: comparison of additive and reactive approaches

    Marta Sacristán;T. Richard Hull;Anna A. Stec;Joan C. Ronda

  • Enhanced mechanical, thermal and flame retardant properties by combining graphene nanosheets and metal hydroxide nanorods for Acrylonitrile–Butadiene–Styrene copolymer composite

    Ningning Hong;Jing Zhan;Xin Wang;Anna A. Stec

  • Fabrication of Ce-doped MnO2 decorated graphene sheets for fire safety applications of epoxy composites: flame retardancy, smoke suppression and mechanism

    Shu-Dong Jiang;Zhi-Man Bai;Gang Tang;Lei Song

  • Fire Retardancy of Polymers: New Strategies and Mechanisms

    T Richard Hull;Baljinder K Kandola

  • Flame retarding poly(methyl methacrylate) with phosphorus- containing compounds: comparison of an additive with a reactive approach

    Dennis Price;Kelly Pyrah;T.Richard Hull;G.John Milnes

  • Co-precipitation synthesis of reduced graphene oxide/NiAl-layered double hydroxide hybrid and its application in flame retarding poly(methyl methacrylate)

    Ningning Hong;Lei Song;Bibo Wang;Anna A. Stec

  • Thermal degradation and flame retardance in copolymers of methyl methacrylate with diethyl(methacryloyloxymethyl)phosphonate

    John R Ebdon;Barry J Hunt;Paul Joseph;Christopher S Konkel

  • Combustion toxicity of fire retarded EVA

    T.Richard Hull;Rita E Quinn;Irene G Areri;David A Purser

  • Effect of metal chelates on the ignition and early flaming behaviour of intumescent fire-retarded polyethylene systems

    De-Yi Wang;De-Yi Wang;Yun Liu;Xin-Guo Ge;Yu-Zhong Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Baljinder K. Kandola
Baljinder K. Kandola University of Bolton
Lei Song
Lei Song University of Science and Technology of China
Yuan Hu
Yuan Hu University of Science and Technology of China
De-Yi Wang
De-Yi Wang Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies
A. Richard Horrocks
A. Richard Horrocks University of Bolton
Jose L. Torero
Jose L. Torero University College London
Weizhao Hu
Weizhao Hu University of Science and Technology of China
Zhengping Fang
Zhengping Fang Zhejiang University
Serge Bourbigot
Serge Bourbigot University of Lille
Bibo Wang
Bibo Wang University of Science and Technology of China

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