- Author
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Lundin, J.
- Title
- Design Principles for Life-Safety and Load-Bearing Structures: Fundamental Differences in Controlling Risk.
- Coporate
- WSP Fire and Risk Engineering, Stockholm, 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,
349-360 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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life safety
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load bearing elements
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risks
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design applications
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risk analysis
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fire risk
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evacuation
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scenarios
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structures
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fire fatalities
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fire statistics
- Identifiers
- verification procedure (i.e. trial evaluation) of life-safety; interpretation of performance requirements for evacuation safety; defining the consequences with a limit-state function; using one scenario to evaluate the total risk; studying a specific fraction of the scenarios; neglecting the risk contribution from serious scenarios