Heat release rate of accidental fire in a supertall building residential flat

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1632-1640

  Chow, C L ^a   Chow, W K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Building Services Engineering   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Heat release rate; Stack effect; Supertall buildings; Wind action

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL FIRES; AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR FLOWRATES; AIR INTAKE; BUILDING FIRES; BURN UP; DESIGN FIRES; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIRE LOAD DENSITY; FIRE SAFETY PROVISIONS; GROUND LEVEL; HEAT RELEASE RATES; HIGH-RISE BUILDING FIRE; LEAKAGE AREA; MAXIMUM HEAT RELEASE RATE; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE BASED DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; ROOM FIRES; STACK EFFECT; TWO PARAMETER; UPPER LIMITS; VENTILATION RATE; WIND ACTION; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND GUST;

AIR INTAKES; APARTMENT HOUSES; FIRE PROTECTION; OXYGEN; TALL BUILDINGS;

FIRES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMBUSTION; FIRE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEIGHT; INDOOR AIR; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; VENTILATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77649186193     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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