Short notes on internal voids in highrise buildings: are they safe in a fire?
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International journal on architectural science, v.2, no.1, 2001, pp. 15-17
Abstract
Internal voids are now commonly found in new highrise buildings. There are concerns on fire safety associated with their design. Two aspects are pointed out in this short note:
- Fire aspects of a room such as kitchen or bathroom opened to an internal void.
- Spread of smoke from the fire level to adjacent levels.
Fire models including Computational Fluid Dynamics are used for the analysis. Preliminary results indicated that further studies, including full-scale burning tests, should be carried out to investigate the potential fire hazard.
(1) Introduction
(2) Fire aspects in a room opened to an internal void
(3) Smoke spreading
(4) The worst scenario
(5) Conclusions
(6) References
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2001
Language
en