l Fire safety in supertall buildings

l Fire safety and smoke control in underground urban tunnels

l Fire safety and smoke control in subway system

l Human walking behavior on stairs

Publications

1. Li Junmei, Qi Zhao, Li Yanfeng, Chow Wanki, Xie Fei, Dong Qiwei. Field measurements of free ascending behavior of occupants along medium long stairway. Applied Sciences, 2022, 12, 10038

2. J. Li, W. Liu, Y.F. Li, W.K. Chow, C.L. Chow, C.H. Cheng. Scale modelling experiments on the effect of longitudinal ventilation on fire spread properties in tunnel. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2022, 130: 104725

3. Li J., Li Y.F., Bi Q., Li Y., Chow W.K., Cheng C.H., To C.W. & Chow C.L. Performance evaluation on fixed water-based fire-fighting system in suppressing large fire in urban tunnels. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2019, 84: 56-69

4. Li J., Li Y.F., Cheng C.H., Chow W.K. A study on the effects of the slope on the critical velocity for longitudinal ventilation in titled tunnels. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2019, 89: 262-267

5. Youbo Huang, Yanfeng Li, Junmei Li, Jiaxin Li, Ke Wu, Kai Zhu, Haihang Li. Modelling and experimental investigation of critical velocity and driving force for preventing smoke backlayering in a branched tunnel fire. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2020, 99: 103388

6. Youbo Huang, Yanfeng Li, Junmei Li, Jiaxin Li, Ke Wu, Kai Zhu, Haihang Li. Experimental investigation on maximum gas temperature beneath the ceiling in a branched tunnel fire. International Journal of Thermal Science, 2019, 145: 1-9

7. W.K. Chow, J. Li. Wind action on natural smoke exhaust in atria, Journal of Computational Science , 2018, 28:140-147

Personal statement

Professor Li Junmei received her BSc from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Then she worked as an engineer in a State-run factory. She obtained her MSc degree from Xi’an Jiao Tong University in Refrigeration and Cryogenic in 1997, and received her PhD degree from Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2004. Her research interests include: Fire Safety and Engineering; Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics; Building Energy Conservation, Intelligent Building technology and Building system dynamic simulation. She has published over 100 papers in international journals and conferences (more than 40 papers cited by SCI/ EI). Her recent research projects include: Smoke management in supertall buildings; Fire safety and smoke control in subway systems; Fire safety and smoke control in urban underground tunnel; Human walking behavior on stairs.