- Author
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Klote, J. H.
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Bodart, X. E.
- Title
- Computer Analysis of a Pressurized Stairwell.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment, Champs Sur Marne, France
- Report
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NBSIR 83-2737,
August 1983,
34 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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air movement
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computer programs
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egress
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elevaotr shfits
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escape means
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pressurization
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simulation
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smoke control
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stairwells
- Abstract
- In recent years pressurized stariwells have been incorporated in buildings in a effort to provide smoke free exits during building fires. This paper compares the results of tests conducted in a pressurized stairwell at Champs Fur Marne, France, with computer analysis using a computer code developed at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS). A second paper is planned which will compare the NBS program with the Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment (CSTB) program for the same series of tests. Agreement between the NBS computer simulation and the test data was good for all test analyzed. The appropriateness of using exclusively a flow exponent of 1/2 for smoke control design is reevaluated, and is found to have only a slight effect on the results of a computer simultion.