UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Mr Andres Valencia

Contact

Department: Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Email: andres.valencia@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3690257

Office: Civil/Mechanical Level 3, E305

Languages: English, French, Spanish

About

Research / Creative works

Networks

Methods & Equipment

Fields of Research

Fire engineering
Fire dynamics
Wildfires
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Sprinkler systems
Agricultural Irrigation

Researcher Summary

My area of expertise is combustion and fire safety using experimental and numerical tools. Main interest involves sprinklers systems for fire extinction, fire dynamics, wild land fires, and combustion analysis using laser diagnostics and Computational Fluid Dynamics tools.

An additional research interest involves numerical modelling of agricultural irrigation using sprinkler systems and the influence of environmental factors (wind, temperature, humidity, etc.) on irrigation performance.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Engineering and Technology: Fire Engineering ; Fluids Engineering ; Optical & Laser Engineering ; Particle and Spray Technology

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

Katurji M., Zhang J., Satinsky A., McNair H., Schumacher B., Strand T., Valencia A., Finney M., Pearce G. and Kerr J. (2021) Turbulent Thermal Image Velocimetry at the Immediate Fire and Atmospheric Interface. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021jd035393.

Katurji M., Zhang J., Satinsky A., McNair H., Schumacher B., Strand TM., Valencia A., Finney M., Pearce G. and Kerr J. (2021) Turbulent Thermal Image Velocimetry at the Immediate Fire and Atmospheric Interface. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10507673.1.

Valencia A. and Marshall AW. (2021) A universal lookup table for determining sprinkler spray patterns. Fire Safety Journal 126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2021.103432.

Valencia A., Baum HR. and Marshall AW. (2021) Reduced Order Modeling for fire sprinkler sprays. Fire Safety Journal 120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2020.103127.

Valencia A., Zheng Y. and Marshall AW. (2021) A Model for Predicting the Trajectory and Structure of Firefighting Hose Streams. Fire Technology http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10694-021-01175-1.

Valencia A., Briggs J., Jacobs S. and Marshall A. (2019) Near field spray measurements for fixed spray plate sprinklers. Irrigation Science 37(5): 597-609. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00271-019-00640-8.

Valencia A., Talbaut M., Yon J., Godard G., Gobin C. and Coppalle A. (2017) Soot and velocity mapping and 2D soot sheet dimensions in a buoyant wall-fire. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 36(2): 3219-3226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2016.06.142.

Conference Contributions - Published

Valencia RA., Arbelaez O. and Valencia A. (2019) Experimental identification of the dynamics characteristics of a peltom model turbinel. In Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology 2019-July http://dx.doi.org/10.18687/LACCEI2019.1.1.356.

Valencia A., Baum HR. and Marshall A. (2018) An engineering tool for evaluation of fire suppression system performance. In Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology 2018-July http://dx.doi.org/10.18687/LACCEI2018.1.1.453.

Valencia A., Lecordier B. and Coppalle A. (2018) Velocity and temperature measurements in a vertical wall flame. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1107(3) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1107/3/032006.

Affiliations

International Association of Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) (Professional Organisation): Member

Key Methodologies

Experimental combustion
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Atomization and Spray
Laser diagnostics