Mathematical modelling of factory fire

• Main Author: Luqman Hakim Roslee
• Other Authors: ANG Whye-Teong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140251
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project investigates the causes and conditions for a pile of sawdust placed on top of a hot press to catch fire. The report covers the derivation of equations that are involved in the causes and conditions, and also the utilization of these equations to determine the temperature distribution of the sawdust. Free body diagrams, calculus, heat conduction equations and graphical methods are being used to obtain the information that is necessary to determine if spontaneous ignition will occur for the sawdust on top of the hot press.