Bushfires at the bushland–urban interface (BUI) threaten buildings, as nearby vegetation acts as fuel, enabling fire spread. Our study shows how an external wall façade behaves under various exposure conditions, emphasising the role of plant type, structure and arrangement in assessing BUI fire risk and informing bushfire-resilient design.
Anthony Ariyanayagam is an Associate Professor in Structural Engineering at Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He completed a PhD at QUT in 2013, specializing in Structural Fire Engineering. Anthony’s research interests are real building fire performances of wall panels, bushfire performance of structural members, fire safety of cold-formed steel wall panels, and structural and thermal finite element modelling of structural members under fire conditions. Currently, he is engaged in research projects using advanced technologies to enhance building resilience to bushfires, including the ARC Discovery project and Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction project with Queensland Reconstruction Authority.
