New Paper Published in Fire Safety Journal

We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest research article in the Fire Safety Journal:

Hasalová, L., Šálek, V., Picka, V., & Jahoda, M. Influence of char formation conditions on char bulk density of engineered wood products. Fire Safety Journal 165, 104914 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2026.104914

Several years ago, our laboratory developed a photogrammetric method for determining the bulk density of char. Since then, the method has been continuously refined and applied to a variety of research topics. We are delighted to see these efforts resulting in another successful publication.

The study demonstrates that both the char formation environment and the virgin material significantly influence char bulk density—an important input parameter for pyrolysis modelling and computational fire simulations.

A special thank you goes to Lucie Hasalová for the collaboration and contribution to this work.

The article is freely available for the next 50 days using the following share link:
https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1nPCf1MLXelZs5