- Author
- Klote, J. H. | Tamura, G.
- Title
- Elevator Piston Effect and the Smoke Problem.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2, 227-233, December 1986
- Report
- NIST SP 983; IRC Paper 1485; NRCC 28445, May 2002; 1986,
- Distribution
- FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Research in Construction, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Telephone (613) 993-2607, Fax: (613) 952-7673, Email: Irc.Client-Services@nrc.ca, Website: http://www.nrc.ca/irc/ircpubs TO VIEW NIST SP 983 GO TO Website: http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/elevators
- Book or Conf
- Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editors, ['2002', '1986']
- Keywords
- elevators (lifts) | handicapped | smoke control
- Identifiers
- flow coefficients; piston effect
- Abstract
- The material in this paper is part of a joint project between the United States and Canada to evaluate the feasibility of elevator evacuation of the handicapped.