Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), NHERI 2025: Heat Flux in an Enclosed Cold-Formed Steel Compartment

This project aimed to quantify the heat flux of compartment fires in a cold-formed steel building. The data gathered can be compared to future tests and further analyzed to further current modeling systems. Few studies look at the heat flux of compartment fires, and this is one of the first conducted on an outside building that has been seismically tested. This study is intended both for future researches looking at heat flux and current and future professionals who wish to understand fire hazards more.