- Author
- Gross, D.
- Title
- Aspects of Stochastic Modeling for Structural Firesafety.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 19, No. 2, 103-114, May 1983
- Report
- CIB W14/82/72 (USA)
- Keywords
- fire safety | floors | mathematical models | buildings
- Identifiers
- stochastic modeling; structural fire safety; rate of fire
- Abstract
- A brief review is presented of methods for stochastic modeling of fires of sufficient severity to threaten the structural safety of buildings. Information is provided on the rate of fire occurrences according to the floor area at risk for the major occupancy types.