Language selection

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

Search

Approximations for spatial separation

From National Research Council Canada

Download
  1. (PDF, 860 KiB)
DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001479
AuthorSearch for: 1
Affiliation
  1. National Research Council of Canada
FormatText, Article
SubjectFire; fire spread; buildings; windows; thermal radiation
Abstract
Strict application of the theory governing ignition by radiation would demand tedious calculations to determine distances between buildings sufficient to prevent fire spread. The author proposes simple formulae that can be used with relative ease to estimate safe separation distances.
Publication date
PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
Series
  • Technical Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research), no. DBR-TP-231 (1 August 1966).
NoteReprinted from: Fire Technology, v. 2, no. 2, May 1996, p. 136-145. ISSN: 0015-2684
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 9161
NRC-IRC-210
NPARC number20374222
Export citationExport as RIS
Report a correctionReport a correction (opens in a new tab)
Record identifier7e359d22-64c7-452b-a8ef-ae22342f6c6d
Record created2012-07-23
Record modified2024-01-05
Date modified: