Some selected papers by Margaret Law: engineering fire safety

Some Selected Papersby Margaret Law ENGINEERING FIRE SAFETY Some Selected Papersby Margaret Law Published byArup13 Fitzroy StreetLondon W1T 4BQUnited Kingdom Foreword Margaret joined Arup in 1974, and these papers were first published in 2002 inhonour of her retirement. Margaret represents to me, and to many other fire safety scientists and fire safetyengineers, the epitome of placing applied and rigorous technical excellence at theheart of the design and construction of the built environment. Serious fires continue to impact people’s safety, the environment, and our criticalinfrastructure. Therefore, continues to be important to reflect and focus on provenroutes to evidence-based safety methods and solutions. Margaret passed away in August 2017. In her honour, we are republishing herpapers as a mark of our ongoing respect to her incredible body of work. We wantto carry on her legacy of knowledge transfer from science, engineering and appliedresearch into the creation of a safe built environment. Margaret expected fire safety engineers to be“tough enough to stand up to a gooddeal of questioning”,and in turn“to be able to push other people in the same way:justify what you are saying if you expect to be taken seriously”. Her own work, published here, withstands this test; and it is for this rigour that sheremains so deeply respected and so greatly admired. To those who knew her well, she was above all a devoted, kind and patient teacher.Margaret stayed in touch with us over the years, and until her death. She wasalways a much beloved and respected member of Arup Fire. We hope these papers will continue to serve the fire safety profession and allthose who participate in the creation of our built environment. And that they willcontinue to act as a beacon of excellence. These papers, nearly two decades later, remain a unique collection. And a fitting tribute to Margaret’s profound influence. Dr Barbara Lane FREng FRSE CEngArup Fellow, Fire Safety Engineering Contents PAPER 1The performance of spark guards9J.H. McGuire, BSc, AMIEE, AInstP and Margaret Law, BSc, Fire Research Station, Boreham Wood,Herts,British Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 9 December 1958, pp 470-474. Institute of Physics, UKPAPER 2Heat radiation from fires and building separation15Margaret Law, BSc,Fire Research Technical Paper No. 5, 1963, Department of Scientific andIndustrial Research and Fire Offices’ Committee, Joint Fire Research Organisation. Reprinted in REHRead, (ed) 1991. External fire spread: building separation and boundary distance. Building ResearchEstablishment Report BR 187, Borehamwood. HMSO, UKPAPER 3Fully-developed fires - two kinds of behaviour50PH Thomas, MA, PhD, AMIMechE, MIFireE, AJM Heselden, BSc and Margaret Law, BSc,FireResearch Technical Paper No. 18, 1967 Ministry of Technology and Fire Offices’ Committee, JointFire Research Organisation. HMSO, UKPAPER 4The ignition of wet and dry wood by radiation66DL Simms and Margaret Law, Ministry of Technology, Fire Research Station, Boreham Wood, Herts,Combustion and Flame, Volume 11, Number 5, October 1967, pp 377-88. Elsevier Science, UKPAPER 5Radiation from fires in a compartment79Margaret Law, BSc,Fire Research Technical Paper No. 20, 1968 Ministry of Technology and FireOffices’ Committee, Joint Fire Research Organization. HMSO, UKPAPER 6Prediction of fire resistance100Margaret Law (Fire Research Station),Paper No. 2 of Symposium No. 5, Fire resistance requirementsof buildings - a new approach. 28 September 1971. Department of the Environment and Fire Offices’Committee Joint Fire Research Organization. HMSO, UKPAPER 7Fire safety of external building elements - the design approach115Margaret Law,Engineering Journal, Second Quarter, pp 59-74, 1978. American Institute of SteelConstruction (AISC), USAPAPER 8Designing fire safety for steel - recent work133Margaret Law,ASCE Spring Convention, New York, May 11-15 1981. American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE), USAPAPER 9Notes on the external fire exposure measured at Lehrte147Margaret Law, Ove Arup Partnership, 13 Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 4BQ (Gt. Britain),Fire SafetyJournal, 4 (1981/2) pp 243-246. Elsevier Science, UKPAPER 10A basis for the design of fire protection of building structures152Margaret Law, BSc, FIFireE, Ove Arup & Partners,The Structural Engineer, Vol. 61A, No.1 January1983. Institution of Structural Engineers (I Struct E), UKPAPER 11Fire safety systems in tall buildings162Margaret Law, Technical Director, Ove Arup & Partners and DA Whittleton, Director, Ove Arup &Partners HK Ltd, International Conference on Tall Buildings, No. 3, Hong Kong & Guangzhou, 10-15December 1984. Proceedings pp 522-526. Editors Cheung, YK & Lee, PKK. Organising Committee ofthe International Conference of Tall Buildings, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, USA PAPER 12Fire protection in terminal buildings168Margaret Law, Ove Arup Partnership, London,Paper in Building Services For Airports, Symposium atGatw