Department of Mechanical Engineering

Brian Lattimer


Brian Lattimer


Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering

203 Randolph Hall
540-231-7295

lattimer@vt.edu

EXTREME Laboratory



Education Research
Teaching
Experience
Honors
Publications


Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Virginia Tech 1996
M.S. Mechanical Engineering Virginia Tech 1993
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Virginia Tech 1992

 

Research

  • Experimental and computational studies in combustion, fire dynmaics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and heat generation from fuels
  • Thermo-mechanical response of materials exposed to elevated temperatures
  • Development and evaluation of novel fire suppression techniques
  • Development and ecaluation of new innovative materials and coatings for fire safety, blast mitigation, and high temperature applications


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Teaching Activities

  • ME 2124 Introduction to Thermal and Fluid Engineering
  • ME 3114 Engineering Thermodynamics
  • ME 3124 Thermodynamics
  • ME 3134 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
  • ME 3304 Heat and Mass Transfer
  • ME 3404 Fluid Mechanics
  • ME 4015, 4016 Engineering Design and Project
  • ME 4404 Fluid Mechanics II


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Experience

Program Manager and Senior Project Engineer Hughes Associates, Inc. 2003 - Present
Project Engineer Hughes Associates, Inc. 1998 - 2003
Staff Engineer Hughes Associates, Inc. 1996 – 1998
  Gardener-Denver 1992
  VSE Corporation 1990

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Honors

  • Bigglestone Award - Paper of the Year in Fire Technology peer reviewed journal, 2006

  • Bigglestone Award - Paper of the Year in Fire Technology peer reviewed journal, 1999

  • Torgersen Award - Virginia Tech Engineering Ph.D. Research Project of the Year, 1996


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Publications

Journal Papers

  • Lattimer, B.Y. and Trelles, J., "Foam Spread ove a Liquid Pool," Fire Safety Journal, In Press for 2007.
  • Trelles, J. and Lattimer, B., "Modeling Thermal Degradation of Composite Materials," Fire and Materials, In Press for 2007
  • Lattimer, B.Y. and Ouellette, J. "Properties of Composite Materials for Thermal Analysis involving Fires," Composites A Journal, Vol. 37, Issue 7, pp. 1068-1081, 2006.
  • Lattimer, B.Y.and Vandsburger, U., and Roby, R., "Species Transport from Post-Flashover Fires," Fire Technology, Vol. 41, pp. 235-254, 2005, 2006 Bigglestone Award for paper of the year in Fire Technology.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., and Sorathia, U., "Thermal Characteristics of Fires in a Noncombustable Corner," Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 38, pp.747-770, 2003.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., and Sorathia, U., "Thermal Characteristics of Fires in a Combustable Corner," Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 38, pp.747-770, 2003.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., and Sorathia, U., "Modeling Fire Growth in a Combustable Corner," Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 38, pp.771-796, 2003.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Hanauska, C., Scheffey, J., and Williams, F., "The Use of Small-Scale Test Data to Characterize Some Aspects of Fire Fighting Foam for Suppression Modeling,"Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 38, pp.117-146, 2003.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Vandsburger, U,. and Roby, R.J., "Carbon Monoxide Levels in Structure Fires: Effects of Wood in the Upper-Layer of a Post-Flashover Compartment Fire," Fire Technology, NFPA, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 325-355, 1998, 1999 Bigglestone Award for paper of the year in Fire Technology.
  • Lattimer, B.Y. and Beitel, J.J., "Evaluation of Heat Release Rate Equations Used in Standard Test Methods," Fire and Materials, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol. 22, pp. 167-173, 1998.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Ewens, D.S., Vandsburger, U., and Roby, R.J., "Transport and Oxidation of Compartment Fire Exhaust Gasses in an Adjacent Corridor," Journal of Fire Protection Engineers, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 163-181, 1994.

Book Chapters and Engineering Guides

  • Lattimer, B.Y. and Campbell, T., "Fire Modeling of Composites," Fire Behavior of Composite Materials, Eds., Gibson and Mouritz, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2006.
  • Lattimer, B.T., Ouellette, J, and Trelles, J., "Thermal Response of Composite Materials to Elevated Temperatures," Modeling of Naval Composite Sturctures in Fire, Eds. Couchman and Mouritz, 2006, pp. 1-48.
  • Flanagan, G., Malsbury, M., Mosteller, J., and Lattimer, B., "Elevated Temperature Facesheet Debond Test and Analysis," Modeling of Naval Composite Stuctures in Fire, Eds. Couchman and Mouritz, 2006 pp. 281-299.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., :Ships and Submarines," Flammability Testing of Materials used in Construction, Transport, and Mining, Woodhead Publishing, 2006.
  • Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), Engineering Guide for Fire Exposures to Structural Elements, contributing author, published by SFPE, Bethesda, MD, 2004.
  • Gottuk, D.T. and Lattimer, B.Y., "Effect of Combustion Conditions of Species Production," The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 3rd Edition, Ed. P.J. DiNenno, Boston, MA, 2001.
  • Strege, S., Lattimer, B.Y., and Beyler, C.L., "Fire Induced Failure of Polycarbonate Windows in Railcars," Fire Science Applications to Fire Investigations - A Compendium of Research Papers, Ed. Babrauskas, V., Interscience Communications, 2003.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., "Heat Fluxes from Fires to Surfaces," The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 3rd Edition, Ed. P.J. DiNenno, Boston, MA, 2001.
  • Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), The SFPE Engineering Guide to Performance Based Fire Protection Analysis and Design of Buildings, contributing author, published by SFPE, Bethesda, MD, 1999.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations (Peer Reviewed)

  • Lattimer, B.Y., and Beyler, C., "Heat Release Rates of Fully-Developed Fires in Railcars," Fire Safety Science - Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium, Beijing, China, pp. 1169-1180, 2005.
  • Trelles, J., Kelly, A., and Lattimer, B.Y., "Validation of a Model for Liquid Spills," Proceedings of Interflam 04, Edinburgh, Scotland, pp. 1305-1314, 2004.
  • Lattimer, B.Y. and Floyd, J., "Validation of FDS v4 Boundary Heat Flux Predictions for a Corner Fire," Proceedings of Interflam 04, Edinburgh, Scotland, pp.1281-1292, 2004.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Hunt, S.P., and Wright, M., "Corner Fire Growth in a Room with a Combustible Lining."Fire Safety Science - Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium, Worcester, MA, pp. 419-430, 2002.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., "Adaption of Cone Calorimeter (E1354) Data for Use in Performance-Based Fire Protection Analysis," STP 1377 ASTM's Role in Performance Based Fire Codes and Standards, ASTM, J.R Hall, Ed., West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 1999.
  • Wieczorek, C.J., McKay, C., Vandsburger, U., and Lattimer, B.Y., "Using the Global Equivalence Ratio to Predict Species Formation in a Scaled ISO Compartment," Fire Safety Science - Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, T. Hirano, Ed., Poitiers, France, July 5-9, pp. 965-976, 1999.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Vandsburger, U., and Roby, R.J., "The Transport of Carbon Monoxide from a Burning Compartment Located on the Side of a Hallway," 26th International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, Naples, Italy, pp. 1800-1805, 1996.

Invited Lectures, Conference Proceedings, and Presentaions

  • Lattimer, B.Y., and Ouellette, J., "Thermal Properties for Material Decomposition MOdeling," Fire Safety Science - Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium, Beijing, China, pp. 1626, 2005.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., "Using Small Samples to Get Large-Scale Results," Composites in Fire 4, New Castle, UK, September 15-16, 2005.
  • Hurley, M. and Lattimer, B.Y., "Performance-Based Design of Stuctural Fire Resistance," presented at NFPA 05, Las Vegas, NV, 2005.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., and Beyler, C., "Predicting Heat Release Rates of Railcars," Proceedings of Fire and Materials 2005, San Francisco, CA, May 1-5, 2005.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Ouellete, J., and Sorathia, U., "Fire Resistance of Steel-Composite Joints," Proceedings of SAMPE 05, Long Beach, CA, May 1-5, 2005.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Kelly, A., and Trelles, J., "Modeling the Spread of AFFF over Different Fuels," Workshop on Fire Fighting Foams in the Military, Sponsored by DARPA, Arlington, VA, December 16-17, 2004.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., and Ouellete, J., "Theremal Properties of Composites for Heat Transfer Modeling During Fires," Proceedings of SAMPE 04, Long Beach, CA, May 16-20, 2004.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., and Sorathia, U., "Composite Fire Hazard Analysis Tool for Predicting ISO 9705 Room-Corner Fire Tests," Proceedings of SAMPE 04, Long Beach, CA, May 16-2, 2004.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Ouellette, J., and Sorathia, U., "Large-Scale Fire Resistance Tests on Sandwich Composites," Proceedings of SAMPE 04, Long Beach, CA, May 16-20, 2004.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., "Composite Claddings for Reduced Surface Flammability and Smoke Production on Shipboard Composites," Proceedings of Fire and Materials 2003, San Francisco, CA, January 28-29, pp. 335-345, 2003.
  • Strege, S., Lattimer, B.Y., and Beyler, C.L., "Fire Induced Failure of Polycarbonate Windows in Railcars," Proceedings of Fire and Materials 2003, San Francisco, CA, January 28-29, pp. 269-278, 2003.
  • Lattimer B.Y., and Mehlhorn, P., "Fire Survivability Design of a Composite Hangar Door," Proceedings of SAMPE 03, Long Beach, CA, May 11-15, pp. 964-978, 2003.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Ouellette, J., and Sorathia, U., "Fire Resistance of Composite Bulkheads and Overheads," Presented at NFPA 03 Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 2003.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., "Designing, Analyzing, and Testing the Fire Performance of Composite Materials" Incited Lecture, Virginia Tech, Seminar for Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., and Beyler, C.L., "Predicting Fire Growth Involving Interior Finish Materials Including the Effects of Lateral Flame Spread and Layer Heating," Workshop on Fire Growth and Spread on Objects, National Institute of Standards and Technology, March 4-6, 2002.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Hunt, S.P., Ziv, M., Sorathia, Scholl, B., and Long, G., "Passive Fire Protection Designs for Composite Maritime Structures," Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineered Fire Protection Design," San Francisco, CA, June 11-15, 2001.
  • Sorathia, U., Gracik, T., Ness, J., Blum, M., Sholl, B., and Long, G., and Lattimer, B.Y., "Fire Performance of Vinyl Ester Composites for Navy Applications," Proceedings from MACM 2000, March, Melbourne, Florida, 2000.
  • Wieczorek, C.J., McKay, C., Vandsburger, U., and Lattimer, B.Y., "Development of Engineering Correlations for Predicting Fire Species Yields in a Compartment and Their Transport to Remole Locations Downstream in the Hallway," Third International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering (ICFRE3), NIST, SFPE, and IAFSS, Chicago, Illinois, October 4-8, 1999.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Ganeshan, B., and Vandsburger, U., "A Model for Estimating Species Production in Compartment Fires, Chemical and Physical Preocesses in Combustion, "Eastern States Section: The Combustion Institute, Dec. 9-11, 1996.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Vandsburger, U. and Roby, R.J., "Dynamics, Transport and Chemical Kinetics of Compartment Fire Exhaust Gases," NIST Annual Conference on Fire Research, Gaithersburg, Maryland, October, 1996.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Vandsburger, U. and Roby, R.J., "Effects of a Combustible Ceiling on the Carbon Monoxide Levels in an Adjacent Corridor," Proceedings of the International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering, (ICFRE), Ed. P. Lund, Orlando, Florida, pp. 21-26, 1995.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Vandsburger, U. and Roby, R.J., "Carbon Monoxide Production, Transport and Oxidation from a Compartment Fire with a Combustible Ceiling,: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Combustion, San Francisco, California, July, 1995.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Vandsburger, U., and Langley, L.W., "Detecting Fires Using a Thin-Film Heat Flux Microsensor," ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, HTD, Vol. 296, November, pp. 137-142, 1994.

    • Lattimer, B.Y., Ewens, D.S., Vandsburger, U., and Roby, R.J., 1994, "Compartment Fire Exhaust Gas Transport and Oxidation," NIST Annual Fire Research Conference, Gaithersburg, Maryland, October, 1994.

Government Agency Reports

  • Lattimer, B.Y.,Ouellette, J., Sorathia, U., and Satterfield, D., "Fire Performance of Composite Helicopter Hangar Test Articles," NSWCCD-64-TR-2003/01, Volumes 1-5, U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division, 2003.

  • Sorathia, U., Ziv, M., and Lattimer, B.Y., "Fire Performance Requirements for the Composite Helicopter Hangar," NSWCCD-TR-64-2001/22, NSWC-Carderock Division, West Bethesda, Maryland, December, 39p., 2001.

  • Lattimer, B.Y., Wright, M. and Cutonilli, J., "Composite Fire Hazard Analysis Tool for Topside Structures (CFHAT) - Version 3.0," NSWCCD-65-TR-2000/32, U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Carderock Division, 49 p., December, 2000.

  • Lattimer, B.Y., Wright, M., and Cutonilli, J., "Composite Fire Hazard Analysis Tool for Topside Structures (CFHAT) - Version 3.0," NSWCCD-65-TR-2000/32, U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Carderock Division, 49 p., December, 2000.

  • Lattimer, B.Y., Hanauska, C.P., Scheffey, J.L., Willians, F.W., and Leach, W., "Behavior of Aqueous Forming Foams (AFFF) Exposed to Radiant Heating," NRL Ltr Rpt 6180/0013, 10 February 2000.

  • Beyler, C.L., Hunt, S.P., Lattimer, B.Y., Iqbal, N., Lautenberger, C., Dembsey, N., Barnett, J., Janssens, M., Dillon, S., "Prediction of ISO 9705 Room/Corner Test Results," R&DC-215-99, U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Groton, CT, 1999.

  • Lattimer, B.Y., Iqbal, N., Wright, M., White, D.A., Sorathia, U., Ness, J., Scholl, B., "Fire Hazard Analysis of a Sandwich Composite Deckhouse," NSWC Report, NSWCCD-TR-64-99/08, U.S. Navy, 57 p., 1999.

  • Lattimer, B.Y., S.P., Sorathia, U., Blum, M., Gracik, T., McFarland, M., Lee, A., and Long, G., 1999b, "Development of a Model for Predicting Fire Growth in a Combustible Corner," NSWC Report, NSWCCD-TR-64-99.07, U.S. Navy, 200 p., 1999.

  • Lattimer, B.Y., Cutonilli, J., White, D.A., Sorathia, U., "Composite Fire Hazard Analysis Tool for Surface Ships - Version 2.0," NSWC Report, NSWCCD-TR-64-99/09, U.S. Navy, 1999 80p., 1999.

  • Lattimer B.Y., Sorathia, U., and Kivat, B., "Fire Safety Goals and Material Performance Criteria for Composites Considered in Topside Applications on Surface Ships", NSWC Report, NSWCCD-64-TR-1999/01, U.S. Navy, 67p., 1999.
  • Sorathia, U. Lattimer, B.Y., White, D.A., Iqbal, N., Beyler, C., and Scheffey, J.L., "Deckhouse Fire Hazard Analysis: Steel versus Composite," NSWCCD-TR-64-98/08, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division, West Bethesda, Maryland 73 p., 1998.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., White, D.A., Iqbal, N., Sorathia, U., Scheffey, J., Beyler, C.L., "Deckhouse Fire Hazard Analysis: Steel versus Composite." NSWC Report, NSWCCD-TR-63-98/08, U.S. Navy, 73p., 1998.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., White, D.A., Iqbal, N., Sorathia, U., Scheffey, J., Beyler, C.L., "Deckhouse Fire Hazard Analysis: Steel versus Composite," NSWCCD-TR-64-98/08, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division, West Bethesda, Maryland, 73 p., 1998.
  • Lattimer, B.Y., Vandsburger, U., and Roby, R.J., "The Transport of High Concentrations of Carbon Monoxide to Locations Remote from the Burning Compartment," NIST-GCR-97-713, U.S. Department of Commerce, 315 p., 1997.
  • Vandsburger, U., Lattimer, B.Y., and Roby, R.J., "Compartment Fire Combustion Dynamics," Annual Report, NIST-GCR-95-666, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995.


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