- Author
- 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
- performance based codes | fire safety | safety engineering | regulations | life safety | load bearing elements | risks | design applications | risk analysis | fire risk | evacuation | scenarios | structures | fire fatalities | 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