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José L. Torero

Faculty (United Kingdom) · GB
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Area of research
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality · Aerospace Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include Fire dynamics and safety research, Combustion and Detonation Processes, Fire effects on concrete materials, and Combustion and flame dynamics.
h-index
61
citations
14,697
works
555
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Characteristic Compartment Fire Behaviour — A theoretical study encompassing a broader range of regimes
Fire Safety Journal 2026cited by 1position: contributordoi
Multi-scale Fire Modelling Framework in Timber Heritage Structures
RILEM Bookseries 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Large-scale compartment fires to develop a self-extinction design framework for mass timber-Part 2: Results, analysis and design implications
Fire Safety Journal 2025cited by 19position: middledoi
Differentiating hydrogen-driven hazards from conventional failure modes in hydrogen infrastructure
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Understanding Compartmentation Failure for High-Rise Timber Buildings
Fire 2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
Smoldering ignition of wet combustible materials
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Downward water mobility in applied smoldering
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Fully-developed compartment fire dynamics in large-scale mass timber compartments
Fire Safety Journal 2023cited by 18position: middledoi
Effects of flame retardants on extinction limits, spread rate, and smoke release in opposed-flow flame spread over thin cylindrical polyethylene samples in microgravity
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 2023cited by 12position: contributordoi
Elucidating the characteristic energy balance evolution in applied smouldering systems
Energy 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
Downward flame spread over PMMA spheres
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 2023cited by 9position: contributordoi
Investigation of applied smouldering in different conditions: The effect of oxygen mass flux
Fuel Processing Technology 2023cited by 6position: middledoi
Factors influencing the fire dynamics in open-plan compartments with an exposed timber ceiling
Fire Safety Journal 2022cited by 24position: lastdoi
Investigation of multi-dimensional transfer effects in applied smouldering systems: A 2D numerical modelling approach
Combustion and Flame 2022cited by 24position: middledoi
Applied smouldering for co-waste management: Benefits and trade-offs
Fuel Processing Technology 2022cited by 22position: middledoi
Heat losses in a smouldering system: The key role of non-uniform air flux
Combustion and Flame 2021cited by 44position: middledoi
Scaling up self-sustained smouldering of sewage sludge for waste-to-energy
Waste Management 2021cited by 44position: middledoi
Heat losses in applied smouldering systems: Sensitivity analysis via analytical modelling
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2021cited by 38position: middledoi
The improved energy efficiency of applied smouldering systems with increasing scale
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2021cited by 33position: middledoi
Accessing the soot-related radiative heat feedback in a flame spreading in microgravity: optical designs and associated limitations
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 2021cited by 17position: contributordoi
Mechanisms of flame spread and burnout in large enclosure fires
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 2021cited by 17position: contributordoi
Scaling up self-sustained smouldering of sewage sludge for waste-to-energy.
2021cited by 12position: contributordoi
Data driven forecast of droplet combustion
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 2021cited by 0position: contributordoi
Thermal inertia as an integrative parameter for building performance
Journal of Building Engineering 2020cited by 44position: lastdoi
Rectification of “restrained vs unrestrained”
Fire and Materials 2020cited by 13position: lastdoi
Thermal behaviour of laminated bamboo structures under fire conditions
Fire and Materials 2019cited by 12position: contributordoi
SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering
2015cited by 3,751position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 12 papers (2019–2026) · 8 papers (2021–2023)Tarek L. Rashwan · York University8 papers (2021–2023)Juan P. Hidalgo · University of Edinburgh4 papers (2020–2025) · 3 papers (2022–2023)Felix Wiesner · University of Edinburgh3 papers (2022–2025)David Lange · University of Queensland3 papers (2022–2025)Vinny Gupta · University of Waterloo3 papers (2022–2025) · 2 papers (2022–2023) · 2 papers (2021–2022)Hangyu Xu · University of Queensland2 papers (2023–2025) · 2 papers (2021–2022)A. Guibaud · New York University2 papers (2023–2025)I. Calderón · Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile2 papers (2024–2026)Marco A.B. Zanoni · Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo2 papers (2024–2024)W. Jahn · University of Edinburgh2 papers (2024–2026)Jiahao Wang · Beijing Forestry University2 papers (2024–2024)Juan P. Hidalgo · The University of Queensland2 papers (2019–2021)J.-L. Consalvi · Aix-Marseille Université2 papers (2021–2023)Tarek L. Rashwan · The Open University2 papers (2024–2024)
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