Fire safety aspects of refuge floors in supertall buildings with Computational Fluid Dynamics

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-236

  Chow, Cheuk Lun ^a   Chow, Wan Ki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Fire safety provisions; Refuge floor; Supertall buildings

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY SERVICE; EVACUATION; FIRE CODES; FIRE SAFETY; FIRE SAFETY PROVISIONS; GLASS WINDOWS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISE BUILDING; HONG-KONG; REFUGE FLOOR; SUPERTALL BUILDINGS; TEST EXAMPLES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIRES; FLOORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; TALL BUILDINGS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 70349598942     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1392-3730.2009.15.225-236     Document Type: Article

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