Analysis of performance-based smoke management system design in a shopping mall
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International journal on architectural science, v.1, no.4, 2000, pp. 181-192
Abstract
In Taiwan, the fire code is still perspective in nature which fails to provide effective design guide for buildings with large spaces and atria. In this paper, the NFPA 92B has been adapted to develop a design procedure of smoke management system in a shopping mall atrium using performance-based fire safety design method. The objectives of this design procedure are assurance of safe evacuation and prevention of fire spread to adjacent space. The authors implemented this design procedure to the fire safety system of a shopping mall in Taipei, and obtained approval from authorities having jurisdiction as a successful performance-based design. This paper demonstrated the complete design procedure as an example to fire safety engineers.
(1) Introduction
(2) Performance-based fire safety design method
(a) Design fire size
(b) Fire detection and suppressing system design
(c) Smoke management system design
(d) Evacuation analysis
(e) Quantitative risk assessment
(3) Design case study
(4) Conclusions
(5) Nomenclature
(a) Symbols
(b) Subscripts
(6) References
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2000
Language
en