- Author
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Nystedt, F.
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Rantatalo, T.
- Title
- Redefining Fire Safety in Swedish High-Rise Buildings.
- Coporate
- Wuz risk consultancy AB, SE-244 22 Kavlinge, Sweden
Fire Safety Design AB, Sweden
- Book or Conf
- Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 7th International Conference. Sky is the Limit. Proceedings and Case Studies. April 16-18, 2008,
Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD,
Auckland, New Zealand,
289-300 p.,
2008
- Keywords
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performance based codes
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fire safety
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safety engineering
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regulations
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high rise buildings
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escape means
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rescue
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building codes
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office buildings
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residential buildings
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design applications
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building design
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costs
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fire spread
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smoke spread
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fire departments
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scenarios
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design fires
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barriers
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evacuation
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human behavior
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fire resistance ratings
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verification
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containment
- Identifiers
- Swedish high-rise experience; Turning Torso - 54 story office and residential building, Malmoe, Sweden; Kista Science Tower - 31 story office building, outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden; design challenges; preventing the spread of smoke and fire and assuring structural integrity; fire service intervention; barrier concept in high-rise buildings; "defend in depth" principle and the corresponding lines of defence for fire safety; developing fire safety design solutions