The risks associated with falling parts of glazed facades in case of fire
| Autor: | B. Sędłak, Jacek Kinowski, Paweł Sulik, Grzegorz Kimbar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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flame spread
Environmental Engineering 0211 other engineering and technologies Aerospace Engineering 02 engineering and technology glass panes 021105 building & construction medicine Forensic engineering General Materials Science Electrical and Electronic Engineering Hazard evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering glazed facades Materials processing Mechanical Engineering Industrial chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) hazard evaluation Falling (accident) evacuation Flame spread Environmental science medicine.symptom TA1-2040 0210 nano-technology falling parts |
| Zdroj: | Open Engineering, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 147-155 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2391-5439 |
| Popis: | Arguably, one of the most important requirement a building have to meet in case of fire is to ensure the safe evacuation of its users and the work of rescue teams. Consequently, issues related to the risks associated with falling parts of facades are fairly well known around Europe. Even though not equally well defined as other fire safety requirements concerning glazed facades, there is plenty of test methods for assessment of facades regarding falling parts, mostly based on an approach related to fire spread. In this paper selection of test method for assessment of facades regarding falling parts is briefly presented. However, focus of this work is on fire test of typical glazed segment of façade performed in ITB Laboratory. Results of the test positively verifies conjecture that solutions with glass units configured with thin, tempered glass panes on the outer side should pose no threat. However, the question has been raised whether the behaviour of other glass unit solutions (with additional coatings or laminated) would be similar. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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