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Technical Reference Guide

Wade, C.A. 2004 (revised). BRANZFIRE Technical Reference Guide BRANZ Study Report No 92. Building Research Association of New Zealand, Judgeford.

Verification Data

Wade, C.A. 2004. BRANZFIRE 2004. Compilation of Verification Data. BRANZ Ltd, Porirua

Software User Guide

Wade, C. 2004. A Users' Guide to BRANZFIRE 2004. Building Research Association of New Zealand, Judgeford.

Journal Papers

Parry, R., Wade, C.A. and Spearpoint, M. 2003. Implementing a glass fracture module in the BRANZFIRE model. Jounal of Fire Protection Engineering, 13:157-183.

Wade, C.A and Barnett, J.R. 1997. A Room-Corner Fire Model Including Fire Growth on Linings and Enclosure Smoke-Filling. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering. 8(4) pp 27-36.

Conference Papers

Apte, V.B; Bui, A; Paroz, B; Wade, C.A; Webb, A.K. and Dowling, V.P. 2004. An Assessment of Fire Growth Models BRANZFIRE and FDS Against CSIRO Fire Tests on Combustible Linings in a Room. Proceedings Interflam 2004, 10th International Fire Science and Engineering Conference, Scotland 5-7 July 2004.

Wade, C.A. 2001. Building Fire Safety and Hazard Assessment Methods for Combustible Surface Finishes. Paper presented at the CIB World Building Congress 2001. Wellington, New Zealand April 2-6 2001.

Wade, C.A. 2000. A Theoretical Model for Fire Spread in a Room Corridor Configuration. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Performance Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods. Lund, Sweden. June 2000.

Dowling, V., McArthur, N.A., Webb, A.K., Leonard, J.E., and Blackmore, J. Large Scale Fire Tests on Three Building Materials. Proceedings 3rd International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering, Chicago 1999.

Wade, C. BRANZFIRE - Engineering Software for evaluating the hazard of room lining materials. Poster Paper in Proceedings Interflam '99, 8th International Fire Science and Engineering Conference. Scotland 29th June - 1st July 1999. pp 1147-1152.

Wade, C. A New Engineering Tool for Evaluating the Fire Hazard in Rooms. Conference paper was presented at the Global Building Model in the Next Millennium Convention held 12-15 April 1999, Melbourne, Australia.

Wade, C.A., LeBlanc, D., Ierardi, J., and Barnett, J. A Room-Corner Fire Growth and Zone Model for Lining Materials. Proceedings - 2nd International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering. Maryland August 1997.

Technical Reports

Parry, R. 2002. Implementation of a glass fracture model for the BRANZfire compartment zone modelling software. University of Canterbury.

Robertson, D.C. 1997. An appraisal of existing room-corner models. Fire Engineering Research Report 97/6, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Wade, C.A. 1996. A Room Fire Model Incorporating Fire Growth on Combustible Lining Materials. Master of Science Thesis. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA. BRANZ Reprint 139. Judgeford.

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