Thermal EngineeringPublished 13 August 2025A comparative study of cable fire dynamics: bench-scale experiments and numerical simulations with and without fire-retardant coatingRaj Kumar Mishra · Mahesh Kumar Tiwari · Ankit Dasgotra · Ankit Sharma · Akhil Gupta · Mukut Kumar Meena · Ravi Kumar · Pavan Kumar SharmaFrontiers in Thermal Engineeringdoi 10.3389/fther.2025.1560746