Performance-based fire safety design

• Main Authors: Hurley, Morgan J. (Author), Rosenbaum, Eric R. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2015]
• Subjects: Fire protection engineering.; Building, Fireproof.; Fire prevention > Standards.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781482246568; 1482246562; 9781523107452; 1523107456; 0429068344; 9780429068348; 1482246554; 9781482246551
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 203 pages) : illustrations

Master an Approach Based on Fire Safety Goals, Fire Scenarios, and the Assessment of Design AlternativesPerformance-Based Fire Safety Design demonstrates how fire science can be used to solve fire protection problems in the built environment. It also provides an understanding of the performance-base...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Hazard and risk
• 3. Design fire scenarios
• 4. Design fires
• 5. Fire dynamics and hazard calculations
• 6. Human behavior
• 7. Detection and suppression system design
• 8. Smoke control design
• 9. Structural fire resistance
• 10. Fire testing
• 11. Performance-based design documentation and management
• 12. Uncertainty.