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Document Type thesis

Author Name Almås, Johannes

URN etd-0822102-183645

Title Building Performance Evaluation: An Organization for Documentation

Degree MS

Department Fire Protection Engineering

Advisors
Robert Fitzgerald, Major Advisor
Jonathan Barnett, Reader
David A. Lucht, Department Head

Keywords
building performance
fire safety

Date of Presentation/Defense 2002-08-22

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
An organization of a variety of useful references and tools for evaluating typical situations that have to be addressed in a performance based fire safety design are structured in this project. The chapters in this paper are arranged the same way as the situations may appear in fire scenarios. Each chapter discusses relevant issues for regulatory required sub evaluations in fire safety engineering. In this paper the sub evaluations are named; Fire spread within the origin, Barriers and fire spread beyond the origin, Fire detection and initial action, Automatic sprinkler systems, Smoke movement, control and toxicity, Structural frame, Fire brigade intervention and Life safety. The paper addresses standards and publications to evaluate fire safety in buildings. The tools and references presented are an assortment from a variety of methods and correlations that have been developed through the years in order to achieve knowledge of the dynamics of the fire and how to control its severity. The topics for the sub evaluations are codes and standards, design fire development, fire protection efficiencies in
fires, reliability issues, building and construction characteristics, occupant characteristics, evaluation tools and evaluation software.

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almaas.pdf

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Document Type	thesis
Author Name	Almås, Johannes
URN	etd-0822102-183645
Title	Building Performance Evaluation: An Organization for Documentation
Degree	MS
Department	Fire Protection Engineering
Advisors	Robert Fitzgerald, Major Advisor Jonathan Barnett, Reader David A. Lucht, Department Head
Keywords	building performance fire safety
Date of Presentation/Defense	2002-08-22
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract An organization of a variety of useful references and tools for evaluating typical situations that have to be addressed in a performance based fire safety design are structured in this project. The chapters in this paper are arranged the same way as the situations may appear in fire scenarios. Each chapter discusses relevant issues for regulatory required sub evaluations in fire safety engineering. In this paper the sub evaluations are named; Fire spread within the origin, Barriers and fire spread beyond the origin, Fire detection and initial action, Automatic sprinkler systems, Smoke movement, control and toxicity, Structural frame, Fire brigade intervention and Life safety. The paper addresses standards and publications to evaluate fire safety in buildings. The tools and references presented are an assortment from a variety of methods and correlations that have been developed through the years in order to achieve knowledge of the dynamics of the fire and how to control its severity. The topics for the sub evaluations are codes and standards, design fire development, fire protection efficiencies in fires, reliability issues, building and construction characteristics, occupant characteristics, evaluation tools and evaluation software.
Files	almaas.pdf