Abstract
Internal voids are now commonly found in new highrise buildings. There are concerns on fire safety associated with their design. Two aspects are pointed out in this short note:||- Fire aspects of a room such as kitchen or bathroom opened to an internal void.||- Spread of smoke from the fire level to adjacent levels.||Fire models including Computational Fluid Dynamics are used for the analysis.||Preliminary results indicated that further studies, including full-scale burning tests, should be carried out to investigate the potential fire hazard.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 15-17 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | International journal on architectural science (建築科學國際期刊) |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |