MaCFP Condensed Phase Phenomena

Background

Background

The MaCFP Working Group and workshop series was created in 2015 and the call for participation in the first workshop was issued in April 2016. Continuously updated information on the MaCFP Working Group effort can be found at: http://www.iafss.org/macfp/.

Following discussions that took place in April 2016, it was proposed that the MaCFP Working Group be expanded to include a subgroup dedicated to the predictive modeling of condensed phase phenomena. A committee was formed to produce a white paper and organize a planning meeting during the first MaCFP workshop conducted in Lund, SE at the 2017 IAFSS meeting.

Objectives

Objectives

The purpose of the Condensed Phase Phenomena subgroup is to facilitate data sharing and model development to improve computational predictions of thermal degradation and pyrolysis in fire scenarios. The specific objectives of the subgroup are to:

  • Develop standard data set formats for experimental data on pyrolysis;
  • Develop requirements for data set quality and establish a data review committee;
  • Incorporate compliant data into the existing MaCFP data repository;
  • Create a database of pyrolysis property sets;
  • Develop minimum requirements for numerical pyrolysis models;
  • Organize a pyrolysis modeling discussion group.

Virtual Discussion Forum

Virtual Discussion Forum

A Google Discussion Group for the Condensed Phase subgroup of the MaCFP Working Group can be accessed here: MaCFP Virtual Discussion Forum. The purpose of this forum is to facilitate data sharing and model development to improve computational predictions of thermal degradation and pyrolysis in fire.

Call for Participation

Call for Participation

The MaCFP Working Group is inviting the members of the entire fire research community to participate in the upcoming fourth MaCFP workshop (MaCFP-4). MaCFP-4 will be held in June 2026 as a pre-event to the 15th IAFSS Symposium in La Rochelle, France (https://www.iafss2026.com). Suggestions on the selection of new target experiments or possible extensions of the domain of activities for the MaCFP Working group are welcome anytime.

Leadership of the Condensed Phase Phenomena Subgroup

Leadership of the Condensed Phase Phenomena Subgroup

  • Morgan Bruns (Virginia Military Institute, USA)
  • Isaac Leventon (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
  • Stanislav Stoliarov (University of Maryland, USA)

Contact Information

Contact Information

For more information and/or to take a first step to get involved, please contact one of the IAFSS MaCFP Working Group Co-Chairs:

Additional Information

Additional Information

Condensed Phase Phenomena white paper: click here.

MaCFP repository on GitHub: https://github.com/MaCFP

Information on MaCFP-1: Program and Presentations (https://iafss.org/first-macfp-workshop and https://github.com/MaCFP/macfp-db/releases/tag/macfp-1.0); Proceedings (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379711218301814).

Information on MaCFP-2: Program and Presentations (https://iafss.org/second-macfp-workshop/ and https://github.com/MaCFP/macfp-db/releases/tag/macfp-2.0); Proceedings (https://github.com/user-attachments/files/18370197/MaCFP-2_Proceedings_GasPhase.pdf)

Information on MaCFP-3: Program and Presentations (https://iafss.org/third-macfp-workshop/ and https://github.com/MaCFP/macfp-db/releases/tag/macfp-3.0).