- Author
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Hadjisophocleous, G. V.
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Benichou, N.
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Tamim, A. S.
- Title
- Literature Review of Performance-Based Fire Codes and Design Environment.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Journal
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Journal of Fire Protection Engineering,
Vol. 9,
No. 1,
12-40,
1998
- Report
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NRCC 39302,
- Keywords
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building codes
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performance based codes
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fire science
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fire protection engineering
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fire safety
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design applications
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ignition
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fire growth
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heat flux
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heat release rate
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failure
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tenability limits
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toxic products
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combustion
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smoke
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risks
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fire models
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fire behavior
- Identifiers
- prescription versus performance codes; fire safety objectives and requirements; performance design criteria; threshold values for ignition; heat flux range for ignitability; typical fire growth parameters; design fire growth rates and maximum heat release rates; failure criteria for elements of building construction; critical values of received radiation Irc; tenability criteria; limiting conditions for tenability; tolerability of risk; risk ranking matrix; incident severity categories and incident likelihood ranges; fire safety engineering design methodologies and tools