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Designers option: fire resistance or ventilation

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001656
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  1. National Research Council of Canada
SponsorSearch for: International Council for Building Research, Studies and Documentation
FormatText, Article
Conference6th CIB Congress. The Impact of Research on the Built Environment, 3 October 1974, Budapest, Hungary
SubjectPerformance of:; fire safety; ventilation
Abstract
The inadequacy of the conventional philosophy underlying fire safety provisions is discussed. The characteristics of compartment fires are outlined and three "fire severity parameters" introduced. These parameters are shown to depend primarily on the fire load and compartment ventilation. A new "defensive design approach" is suggested which, if followed from the early stages of architectural design, will result in a higher degree of fire safety and often also in considerable savings in building costs.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
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  • Technical Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research), no. DBR-TP-436 (1974).
NoteReprinted from: v. 1/1 of the preprint papers of the 6th CIB Congress, the Impact of Research on the Built Environment, held in Budapest, 3-10 October 1974, p. 277-282
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 14746
NRC-IRC-2764
NPARC number20374758
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