Smoke movement in elevator shafts during a high-rise structural fire

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-182

  Black, W Z ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevator shafts; Fire pressure distribution; Fire safety; Floor pressurization; High rise fires; Neutral pressure plane; Smoke movement

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ELEVATORS; FIRES; FLOORS; PRESSURIZATION; TALL BUILDINGS;

ELEVATOR SHAFTS; FIRE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; FIRE SAFETY; FLOOR PRESSURIZATION; HIGH RISE; HIGH-RISE FIRE; NEUTRAL PRESSURE PLANE; NEUTRAL PRESSURES; SMOKE MOVEMENT; STRUCTURAL FIRES;

SMOKE;

EID: 57649221114     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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