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Zone Model Simulation of Fires in Chinese Restaurants in Hong Kong
- Source :
- Journal of Fire Sciences. 13:235-253
- Publication Year :
- 1995
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 1995.
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Abstract
- The fire risk in Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong is studied in this paper. The local regulation, the existing design for fire safety and the past fire record are discussed. Surveys on the fire load in fifteen Chinese restaurants of different sizes are made and reported. The fire equivalent duration period, which is related to the surveyed fire load density is calculated. Since smoke is a key factor in discussions of fire safety, the time required to fill the restaurants with smoke had to be calculated. In this case, fire models have to be used and the zone model CFAST developed at the Building and Fire Research Labora tory, NIST, U.S.A. is used to study the fire environment. Correlations are derived between the equivalent duration period and the predicted maximum hot gas temperature and the corresponding smoke layer interface height.
- Subjects :
- Smoke
021110 strategic, defence & security studies
Engineering
Meteorology
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
0211 other engineering and technologies
Duration period
Poison control
020101 civil engineering
02 engineering and technology
Fire safety
Fire research
Fire risk
0201 civil engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Layer interface
Forensic engineering
Model simulation
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15308049 and 07349041
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Fire Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1cf5f8cf705f17797f4d2957fc64e913