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Design to cope with fully developed fires

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001776
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  1. National Research Council of Canada
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SubjectFire; fire resistance; fire spread; fire safety; safety engineering; fire compartments; smoke controls; active and passive defense; air flow factor; calculation of fire resistance; characterization of fires; compartmentation; compartment ventilation; composite slabs; concrete constructions; convective fire spread; creep concept; critical air flow; critical temperature; dividing elements; effect of moisture; estimation of fire resistance; examples of safety design; fire duration; fire drainage; fire load; fire load concept; fire resistance allotment; fire severity parameters
Abstract
Since 80-90 percent of the combustible contents of building compartments are consumed during the period of fully developed fire, the conditions that are expected to prevail during this period should be given special attention in the design of buildings for fire safety, primarily to lessen the danger of spread of fire and smoke beyond the confines of the fire compartment. The characteristics of compartment fires and the mechanisms by which fire and smoke spread through a building are discussed in detail.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
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  • Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research), no. DBR-P-854 (1979).
NoteReprinted from: American Society for Testing and Materials, Special Technical Publication, no. 685, 1979, p. 198-276. ISSN: 0066-0558
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 17644
NRC-IRC-1490
NPARC number20378631
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