The idea of making a building "fireproof" evolved late in the 19th century in an effort to cut down escalating property losses. The concepts of compartmentalization and structural fire protection now play important roles in the building codes' approach towards the provision of a minimum level of life safety in buildings. On the other hand, property protection against fire no longer appears to be an objective pursued by designers who instead rely on listings of tested assemblies to satisfy the minimum requirements of building codes. Notwithstanding the emergence of new calculation procedures for assessing the fire resistance of building elements and assemblies, their use as an alternative to more conventional design approaches remains rare. ...
Fire is one of the major hazards to life and property in buildings. Regulations in respect of fire s...
Use of the temperature-dependent, thermophysical material properties, shape geometry, and fundamenta...
Many countries have introduced, or are planning to introduce in the near future, performance/objecti...
Building codes cover only the minimum requirements for fire safety and leave ample room for the expe...
The underlying principles of the present building code approach to providing fire safety in building...
This paper identifies relevant fire safety objectives, describes fire compartmentation in practical ...
Many modern fire safety codes for building structures use either a prescriptive approach or a perfor...
Knowledge in fire science is sufficiently advanced to provide fire safety in buildings on the basis ...
The inadequacy of the conventional philosophy underlying fire safety provisions is discussed. The ch...
Fire represents one of the most severe environmental conditions to which structures may be subjected...
Many modern fire safety codes for building structures use either a prescriptive approach or a perfor...
Until recent years fire resistant assemblies evolved more through practice than conscious developmen...
Designers of structures, as any other designers, are under constant pressure to optimise structures....
AbstractThis paper highlights a shortcoming in the current system of structural fire resistance desi...
Building codes cover only the minimum requirements for fire safety and leave ample room for the expe...
Fire is one of the major hazards to life and property in buildings. Regulations in respect of fire s...
Use of the temperature-dependent, thermophysical material properties, shape geometry, and fundamenta...
Many countries have introduced, or are planning to introduce in the near future, performance/objecti...
Building codes cover only the minimum requirements for fire safety and leave ample room for the expe...
The underlying principles of the present building code approach to providing fire safety in building...
This paper identifies relevant fire safety objectives, describes fire compartmentation in practical ...
Many modern fire safety codes for building structures use either a prescriptive approach or a perfor...
Knowledge in fire science is sufficiently advanced to provide fire safety in buildings on the basis ...
The inadequacy of the conventional philosophy underlying fire safety provisions is discussed. The ch...
Fire represents one of the most severe environmental conditions to which structures may be subjected...
Many modern fire safety codes for building structures use either a prescriptive approach or a perfor...
Until recent years fire resistant assemblies evolved more through practice than conscious developmen...
Designers of structures, as any other designers, are under constant pressure to optimise structures....
AbstractThis paper highlights a shortcoming in the current system of structural fire resistance desi...
Building codes cover only the minimum requirements for fire safety and leave ample room for the expe...
Fire is one of the major hazards to life and property in buildings. Regulations in respect of fire s...
Use of the temperature-dependent, thermophysical material properties, shape geometry, and fundamenta...
Many countries have introduced, or are planning to introduce in the near future, performance/objecti...