The influence of gaps of fire-resisting doors on the smoke spread in a building fire

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 539-546

  Cheung, Sherman C P ^a,b   Lo, S M ^c   Yeoh, G H ^d   Yuen, Richard K K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD modelling; Door gap; Fire rated door; Smoke spread

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLAME RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL METHODS; SMOKE; STRUCTURAL PANELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BUILDING FIRES; DOOR GAPS; DOOR PANELS; FIRE RATED DOORS;

DOORS;

EID: 33748771975     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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