- Author
- Hadjisophocleous, G. V. | Benichou, N. | Tamim, A. S.
- Title
- Literature Review of Performance-Based Fire Codes and Design Environment.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Journal
- Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 1, 12-40, 1998
- Report
- NRCC 39302
- Keywords
- building codes | performance based codes | fire science | fire protection engineering | fire safety | design applications | ignition | fire growth | heat flux | heat release rate | failure | tenability limits | toxic products | combustion | smoke | risks | fire models | 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