Abstract
This paper reports the study of potential fire risk in atrium buildings in Hong Kong using a zone modeling technique. A survey was done of the geometrical configurations of atria, and the general shapes were classified into three types. The fire environments inside were then simulated by the fire zone model developed at the Building and Fire Research Laboratory, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The predicted results show that the predominant cause of hazard is smoke, not the temperature.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 163-168 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | ASHRAE Transactions |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | pt 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 1993 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1993 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. - Denver, CO, United States Duration: 27 Jun 1993 → 30 Jun 1993 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes