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Experimental study on pedestrian evacuation characteristics through building bottleneck group structure Open

Huakai Sun, K. J. Zhu, Guannan Wang, Haihang Hu, Guo Ping , et al. · 2025

In this work, a series of controlled experiments with 119 participants were performed to study pedestrian evacuation behaviors through the bottleneck group structure consisting of two serially-connected bottlenecks. The impacts of bottlene…

Prediction and Optimization of Civil Aviation Flight Delays Based on Machine Learning Algorithms Open

Qingwei Zhong, Yingxue Yu, Yu‐An Huang, Tianhang Zhang · 2025

The civil aviation industry continues to face the significant problem of flight delays, which impacts operational efficiency and passenger satisfaction. This research aims to develop an innovative model that accurately predicts civil aviat…

AI-powered automatic design of fire sprinkler layout for random building floorplans Open

Yanfu Zeng, Xinyi Liu, Yifei Ding, Zhe Zheng, Tianhang Zhang , et al. · 2025

Mechanical and bonding behavior of Nano-SiO2 and epoxy resin reinforced cementitious composite Open

Peng Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Zhen Gao, Tianhang Zhang, Shaowei Hu · 2025

Personal monitoring of exposure to PM2.5 and PMcoarse: A panel study of lung function and oxidative stress biomarkers in elderly Hong Kong residents Open

Tianhang Zhang, Chung Ling Man, Ka Hei Lui, Steven Sai Hang Ho, Linli Qu , et al. · 2025

Bio-realistic and versatile artificial dendrites made of anti-ambipolar transistors Open

Yifei Yang, Mingkun Xu, Tianhang Zhang, Chenchen Miao, Juan Lyu , et al. · 2025

The understanding of neural networks as neuron-synapse binaries has been the foundation of neuroscience, and therefore, the emerging neuromorphic computing technology that takes inspiration from the brain. This dogma, however, has been inc…

Fire Vigilance Pocket: An Intelligent APP for Real-Time Fire Hazard Quantification Open

Zilong Wang, Tianhang Zhang, Xinyan Huang · 2025

Real-time fire hazard estimation is an essential step for smart firefighting practice. This paper introduces the Fire Vigilance Pocket Edition application (FV Pocket), which is designed to enable automatic fire identification and quantific…

Using large language models to produce literature reviews: Usages and systematic biases of microphysics parametrizations in 2699 publications Open

Tianhang Zhang, Shengnan Fu, David M. Schultz, Zhonghua Zheng · 2025

Large language models afford opportunities for using computers for intensive tasks, realizing research opportunities that have not been considered before. One such opportunity could be a systematic interrogation of the scientific literatur…

AIoT-powered building digital twin for smart firefighting and super real-time fire forecast Open

Weikang Xie, Yanfu Zeng, Xiaoning Zhang, Ho Yin Wong, Tianhang Zhang , et al. · 2025

Synergistic Enhancement of Co2 Adsorption Performance of Porous Biochar by N/O Heteroatoms and Pore Structure: Experiment and Dft Simulation Open

Zhipei Tang, Ju Zhu, Ziqi Zhao, Heming Dong, Qian Du , et al. · 2025

Statistical Analysis of Vehicle Tunnel Fire Incidents in Zhejiang Province from 2020 to 2024 Open

Qian Zhou, K. J. Zhu, Haitao Mao, Xingfu Yu, Qiang He , et al. · 2025

Review and perspectives of digital twin systems for wildland fire management Open

Yizhou Li, Tianhang Zhang, Yifei Ding, Rahul Wadhwani, Xinyan Huang · 2024

Size scale effect on mass burning flux and flame behavior of solid fuels Open

Peiyi Sun, Tianhang Zhang, Xinyan Huang · 2024

The study investigates the horizontal fuel size effect on free-burning fires for PMMA plates and wood cribs. The fuel size effect on mass burning flux and flame behavior is mainly discussed and compared with typical pool fires. For the PMM…

Heterogeneous intensity-based DBSCAN (iDBSCAN) model for urban attention distribution in digital twin cities Open

Yishuo Jiang, Q. Liu, Shuxuan Zhao, Tianhang Zhang, Xudong Fan , et al. · 2024

Urban regions confront a wide array of safety and management challenges, including natural disasters and the pressing demand for real-time incidents response. Information technology supports to collect massive multi-dimension data to form …

Author response: Polysaccharides induce deep-sea Lentisphaerae strains to release chronic bacteriophages Open

Chong Wang, Rikuan Zheng, Tianhang Zhang, Chaomin Sun · 2024

Viruses are ubiquitous in nature and play key roles in various ecosystems. Notably, some viruses (e.g. bacteriophage) exhibit alternative life cycles, such as chronic infections without cell lysis. However, the impact of chronic infections…

Characterization of airborne endotoxin in personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and bioreactivity for elderly residents in Hong Kong Open

Tianhang Zhang, Ka Hei Lui, Steven Sai Hang Ho, Xiaocui Chen, Hsiao‐Chi Chuang , et al. · 2024

The heavy metals and bioreactivity properties of endotoxin in personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) were characterized in the analysis. The average personal exposure concentrations to PM_2.5 were ranged …

AI-powered fire engineering design and smoke flow analysis for complex-shaped buildings Open

Yanfu Zeng, Zhe Zheng, Tianhang Zhang, Xinyan Huang, Xinzheng Lu · 2024

This paper aims to automatize the performance-based design of fire engineering and the fire risk assessment of buildings with large open spaces and complex shapes. We first establish a database of high-quality fire simulations for diverse …

Polysaccharides induce deep-sea Lentisphaerae strains to release chronic bacteriophages Open

Chong Wang, Rikuan Zheng, Tianhang Zhang, Chaomin Sun · 2024

Viruses are ubiquitous in nature and play key roles in various ecosystems. Notably, some viruses (e.g. bacteriophage) exhibit alternative life cycles, such as chronic infections without cell lysis. However, the impact of chronic infections…

Deep-sea bacteriophages facilitate host utilization of polysaccharides Open

Chong Wang, Rikuan Zheng, Tianhang Zhang, Chaomin Sun · 2024

Bacteriophages are ubiquitous in nature and play key roles in various ecosystems. They impact microbial community composition and reprogram the metabolism of diverse host cells using auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs). Whether bacteriophages…

The initiation of smouldering peat fire by a glowing firebrand Open

Shaorun Lin, Tianhang Zhang, Xinyan Huang, Michael J. Gollner · 2024

Background Wildfires represent a significant threat to peatlands globally, but whether peat fires can be initiated by a lofted firebrand is still unknown. Aims We investigated the ignition threshold of peat fires by a glowing firebrand thr…

Façade Fires in High-Rise Buildings: Challenges and Artificial Intelligence Solutions Open

Ankit Sharma, Tianhang Zhang, Gaurav Dwivedi · 2024

In recent decades, there has been an increased demand for tall buildings to meet the needs of modern urbanization. However, the construction challenges and greater fuel loads involved have resulted in frequent fire incidents, causing signi…

Improving the Safety of HED LIBs by Co-Coating Separators with Ceramics and Solid-State Electrolytes Open

Tianhang Zhang, Bo Wang, Xiaopeng Qi, Zenghua Chang, Rennian Wang , et al. · 2024

Internal short circuits because of deformation or melting down of separators have been recognized as a root cause for many thermal runaway (TR) events of high-energy-density (HED) lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Ceramic coating of the polyol…

Targeted Construction of Porous Biochar with Well-Developed Pore Structure for High-Performance Co2 Adsorption Open

Zhipei Tang, Jianmin Gao, Heming Dong, Qian Du, Dongdong Feng , et al. · 2023

Building Artificial-Intelligence Digital Fire (AID-Fire) system: A real-scale demonstration Open

Tianhang Zhang, Zilong Wang, Yanfu Zeng, Xiqiang Wu, Xinyan Huang , et al. · 2022

Workability and Durability of Concrete Incorporating Waste Tire Rubber: A Review Open

Peng Zhang, Xixi Wang, Juan Wang, Tianhang Zhang · 2022

Environmental problems caused by waste tires are becoming increasingly prominent. There is an urgent need to find a green way to dispose of waste tires, and scholars have made considerable efforts in this regard. In the construction indust…

Polysaccharides induce deep-sea <i>Lentisphaerae</i> strains to release chronic bacteriophages Open

Chong Wang, Rikuan Zheng, Tianhang Zhang, Chaomin Sun · 2022

Viruses are ubiquitous in nature and play key roles in various ecosystems. Notably, some viruses (e.g. bacteriophage) exhibit alternative life cycles, such as chronic infections without cell lysis. However, the impact of chronic infections…

Cultivation and Functional Characterization of a Deep-Sea Lentisphaerae Representative Reveals Its Unique Physiology and Ecology Open

Tianhang Zhang, Rikuan Zheng, Rui Liu, Ronggui Li, Chaomin Sun · 2022

As a member of Planctomycetes – Verrucomicrobia – Chlamydia (PVC) superphylum, the phylum Lentisphaerae is broadly distributed in various environments. Lentisphaerae members have been recognized as being typically difficult to isolate in p…

Real-time forecast of compartment fire and flashover based on deep learning Open

Tianhang Zhang, Zilong Wang, Ho Yin Wong, Wai Cheong Tam, Xinyan Huang , et al. · 2022

Full-scale fire tests in the underwater tunnel section model with sidewall smoke extraction Open

Yaqiang Jiang, Tianhang Zhang, Shuai Liu, Qinli He, Le Li , et al. · 2022

Predicting transient building fire based on external smoke images and deep learning Open

Zilong Wang, Tianhang Zhang, Xiqiang Wu, Xinyan Huang · 2021

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