Aditya Daware

• Clemson University

Masonry is an inert construction material with favorable thermal and mechanical properties. While masonry is widely used in buildings, the fire performance of this material has not received much attention over the years. This continues to hinder the understanding of the fire behavior of masonry. To bridge this knowledge gap, this study presents the...

Masonry has superior fire resistance properties stemming from its inert characteristics, and slow degradation of mechanical properties. However, once exposed to fire conditions, masonry undergoes a series of physio-chemical changes. Such changes are often described via temperature-dependent material models. Despite calls for standardization of such...

Masonry, as a construction material, is known to perform well under elevated temperatures, which makes it an attractive choice for structural applications. This superior performance is a reflection of its inert thermal characteristics, good stability, and slow degradation of mechanical properties. Still, and similar to other construction materials,...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a computational technique that exploits hidden patterns between seemingly unrelated parameters to draw solution(s) to a given phenomenon. From this view, we believe that AI has the highest potential to deliver unique and modern solutions to the fire engineering community, noting that: 1) fire spans multiple fields (i...