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A Method for Translating Compartment Fire Durations to Equivalent Fire Resistance Time at Standard Fire Test Condition
In performance-based structural fire safety design, various calculation models are used to predict the structural behaviors of building elements exposed to fire. Although many of such calculation models require material properties of building elements as input data, it is often difficult, technically and economically, to obtain such material properties. A potential and practicable alternative is to make use a method to translate the fire duration in arbitrary compartment fire conditions to the equivalent fire resistance time of the existing standard fire furnace testing. This paper aims to develop a method for translating the duration of ventilation-controlled compartment fires to equivalent fire resistance time in the standard fire test. The method includes a simple calculation model integrating the radiation heat loss through window openings as well as the heat losses to compartment boundary and fuel and by ventilation. The translation formula is based on the premise that fire-resistant performance is assessed by prescribed temperature criteria. Example calculation results for equivalent fire resistance time are demonstrated. By this translation method, the fire resistance capability of building elements can be assessed without requiring their thermal properties.
A Method for Translating Compartment Fire Durations to Equivalent Fire Resistance Time at Standard Fire Test Condition
In performance-based structural fire safety design, various calculation models are used to predict the structural behaviors of building elements exposed to fire. Although many of such calculation models require material properties of building elements as input data, it is often difficult, technically and economically, to obtain such material properties. A potential and practicable alternative is to make use a method to translate the fire duration in arbitrary compartment fire conditions to the equivalent fire resistance time of the existing standard fire furnace testing. This paper aims to develop a method for translating the duration of ventilation-controlled compartment fires to equivalent fire resistance time in the standard fire test. The method includes a simple calculation model integrating the radiation heat loss through window openings as well as the heat losses to compartment boundary and fuel and by ventilation. The translation formula is based on the premise that fire-resistant performance is assessed by prescribed temperature criteria. Example calculation results for equivalent fire resistance time are demonstrated. By this translation method, the fire resistance capability of building elements can be assessed without requiring their thermal properties.
A Method for Translating Compartment Fire Durations to Equivalent Fire Resistance Time at Standard Fire Test Condition
Wu, Guan-Yuan (editor) / Tsai, Kuang-Chung (editor) / Chow, W. K. (editor) / Tanaka, Takeyoshi (author) / Mizukami, Tensei (author)
Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology ; 2018 ; Taipei, Taiwan
The Proceedings of 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology ; Chapter: 38 ; 521-534
2020-01-01
14 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Structural fire safety design , Ventilation-controlled compartment fires , ISO 834 standard fire , MQH formula , Equivalent fire resistance time Engineering , Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety , Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk , Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer , Building Materials , Renewable and Green Energy
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