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Author
Hurley, M. J.
Title
Predicting Fire Exposures to Structures.
Coporate
Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD
Book or Conf
Reaching New Horizons. Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 6th International Conference. Proceedings. June 14-16, 2006, Tokyo, Japan, Evans, D. D.; Gordon, J.; Hasemi, Y.; Sekizawa, A., Editors, 1-11 p., 2006
Keywords
performance based codes | fire safety | structures | exposure | fire resistance | temperature | thermal response | scenarios | enclosures | windows | structural elements | fire plumes | quantification | compartment fires | cellulosic fuels
Identifiers
window flames; phases of fire development; determination of the fire conditions to which a structure, or portion thereof, could be exposed; estimation of the thermal response of the structure to those fire conditions; prediction of the structural response at elevated temperature