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3338
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Overview

Wan Ki Chow is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China and has a research focus within the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Fire dynamics and safety research, Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics, Combustion and Detonation Processes, Fire effects on ecosystems, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Fire Detection and Safety Systems, and Risk and Safety Analysis.

Key recent publications in their research portfolio include the following:

  • Structural damage observed in reinforced concrete buildings in Adiyaman during the 2023 Turkiye Kahramanmaras Earthquakes (2023, Structures)
  • Trajectories of large respiratory droplets in indoor environment: A simplified approach (2020, Building and Environment)
  • Experimental and numerical evacuation study in tall office building (2023, Journal of Building Engineering)
  • Fire safety in modern indoor and built environment (2022, Indoor and Built Environment)
  • Improved model for estimating sidewall effect on the fire heat release rate of horizontal cable tray (2021, Process Safety and Environmental Protection)

Wan Ki Chow collaborates with several frequent coauthors, including Cheuk Lun Chow, Chihonn Cheng, Martin Lyubomirov Ivanov, C.H. Cheng, and K. W. Wong.

The scientist's research is published predominantly in venues such as Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Fire, Journal of Modern Physics, Open Journal of Biophysics, and Thermal Science.

Best Publications

  • Solar radiation model

    Ling Tim Wong;Wan Ki Chow

  • Full-scale burning tests on studying smoke temperature and velocity along a corridor

    L. H. Hu;R. Huo;Y. Z. Li;H. B. Wang

  • On the maximum smoke temperature under the ceiling in tunnel fires

    L. H. Hu;R. Huo;W. Peng;Wan Ki Chow

  • Studies on buoyancy-driven back-layering flow in tunnel fires

    L. H. Hu;R. Huo;Wan Ki Chow

  • Numerical studies on performance evaluation of tunnel ventilation safety systems

    Jojo S.M. Li;Wan Ki Chow

  • Fire engineering for high-density cities

    Wan Ki Chow

  • Modeling fire-induced smoke spread and carbon monoxide transportation in a long channel: Fire Dynamics Simulator comparisons with measured data

    L. H. Hu;Nai Kong Fong;L. Z. Yang;Wan Ki Chow

  • Smoke movement in tilted tunnel fires with longitudinal ventilation

    Wan Ki Chow;Y. Gao;J. H. Zhao;J. F. Dang

  • Review on chemical reactions of burning Poly(methyl methacrylate) PMMA

    W. R. Zeng;S. F. Li;Wan Ki Chow

  • Simulation of tunnel fires using a zone model

    W.K. Chow

  • A brief review on fire retardants for polymeric foams

    J. Q. Wang;Wan Ki Chow

  • A study on tilted tunnel fire under natural ventilation

    Wk K. Chow;Y. Gao;Jh H. Zhao;Jf F. Dang

  • Crowding in platform staircases of a subway station in China during rush hours

    C.S. Jiang;Y.F. Deng;Chiyi Hu;H. Ding

  • Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics in building services engineering

    Wan Ki Chow

  • Longitudinal ventilation for smoke control in a tilted tunnel by scale modeling

    W.K. Chow;K.Y. Wong;W.Y. Chung

  • Large eddy simulations for studying tunnel smoke ventilation

    P. Z. Gao;S. L. Liu;Wan Ki Chow;Nai Kong Fong

  • Natural smoke filling in atrium with liquid pool fires up to 1.6 MW

    Wan Ki Chow;Y. Z. Li;E. Cui;R. Huo

  • Studies on the Thermal Behavior of Polyurethanes

    Li Shufen;Jiang Zhi;Yuan Kaijun;Yu Shuqin

  • Preliminary studies on burning behavior of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)

    W. R. Zeng;S. F. Li;Wan Ki Chow

  • Energy impact of commercial-building envelopes in the sub-tropical climate

    K. T. Chan;Wan Ki Chow

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Dyke
John M. Dyke University of Southampton
Longhua Hu
Longhua Hu University of Science and Technology of China
Sylvie Lorente
Sylvie Lorente Villanova University
Adrian Bejan
Adrian Bejan Duke University
John Burnett
John Burnett Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Greg F. Naterer
Greg F. Naterer University of Prince Edward Island
Yuri S. Muzychka
Yuri S. Muzychka Memorial University of Newfoundland
Jinhua Sun
Jinhua Sun University of Science and Technology of China
Hong-Nan Li
Hong-Nan Li Dalian University of Technology
Yuwen Zhang
Yuwen Zhang University of Missouri

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