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Author
Chow, W. K. | Gao, Y. | Chow, C. L.
Title
Review on Fire Safety in Buildings With Glass Facade.
Coporate
Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., China Harbin Engineering Univ., China Cambridge Univ., England
Journal
Journal of Applied Fire Science, Vol. 16, No. 3, 201-223, 2006-2007
Keywords
galss | facades | fire safety | building construction | regulations | safety standards | codes | glazing materials | fire hazards | fire behavior | high rise buildings | fire resistance | spectificaitons | thermal stress | equations | heat relese rate | experiments | cracking (fracturing) | temperature | radiative heat transfer | windows
Identifiers
thermal conduction model; BREAK1; glass breakage; predicted fracture times; convective and radiative heat transfer from the fire; crack caused by thermal stress