Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference (한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집)

Korean Institute of Fire Science and Engineering (한국화재소방학회)
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A MULTI-STORY FIRE IN HIGH-RISE APARTMENT BUILDING DEVELOPED THROUGH BALCONIES - INVESTIGATION AND EXPERIMENTS -

  • Hasemi, Yuji (Department of Architecture, Waseda University, Japan) ;
  • Hayashi, Yoshihiko (Building Research Institute, Ministry of Construction, Japan) ;
  • Hokugo, Akihiko (Building Research Institute, Ministry of Construction, Japan) ;
  • Yoshida, Masashi (Building Research Institute, Ministry of Construction, Japan)
  • Published : 1997.11.01
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Abstract

Summary of experiments for the investigation of a fire which caused an upward fire spread for over 12 floors through balconies in a high-rise apartment complex is reported. The experiments include indoor tests to obtain fire properties of vertical PMMA fences and outdoor ones with a full scale model of the balcony. The test results suggest significance of the increase of total flame height by the merging of flames and a cooperative effect of the burning of the PMMA fence and combustibles on the balconies for the generation of a tall flame enough to cause ignition on the upper floors.

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