- Author
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Grubits, S. J.
- Title
- Building Separation and Fire Source Features.
- Coporate
- National Building Technology Centre, Chatswood, Australia
- Report
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NBTC Technical Record 517,
October 1985,
19 p.
- Keywords
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building design
- Abstract
- Building separation to prevent the spread of fire is a well recognised need with building regulations incorporating a number of provisions aimed at controlling the spread of fire from one building to the next. Separation, together with fire-resistant construction is the principal means of control. Just what is an adequate separation can be difficult to define but theoretical means of estimting that distance have been developed and can be applied once the hazard has been established. Fire is transferred to adjacent buildings either by direct flame or hot plume contact (convection) or by radiant heat from flames and hot plume. Generally, the separation required based on radiant heat transfer would be enough to prevent direct plume contact; thus, only radiant heat transfer will be examined in detail.