- Author
-
Fung, F. C.
- Title
- Evaluation of a Pressurized Stairwell Smoke Control System for a 12 Story Apartment Building. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
-
NBSIR 73-277
June 1973
48 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- IAA-H-37-72
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Panel on Fire Research and Safety. Volume 4. Smoke Control Systems. October 19-22, 1976,
Tokyo, Japan,
1976
- Keywords
-
analyses
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high rise buildings
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Operation Breakthrough
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smoke control
- Abstract
- An NBS study to evaluate the effectiveness of a pressurized stairwell smoke control system in a high rise apartment building is summarized and discussed in the light of experimental results, analysis, and computer prediction. A quantitative experimental technique of smoke simulation and smoke movement measurement is described, supplemented by basic physical laws necessary for correlation with small fires, and illustrated by the resulted of an actual field experiment. Experiments were conducted in a 12 story apartment building constructed on the Operation BREAKTHROUGH prototype site in St. Louis, Missouri. The experimental results are then further extended to a wider range of ambient weather conditions by way of computer prediction calculations. General conclusions and relevant recommendations as a result of the study are also presented.