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Forecast of a fire spreading in a large-area shopping hall

Publication date: 20.12.2018

Technical Transactions, 2018, Volume 12 Year 2018 (115), pp. 61 - 76

https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.179.9667

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Mariusz Maślak
Cracow University of Technology
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Piotr Woźniczka
Institute of Building Materials and Engineering Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology
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Michał Pazdanowski
Institute for Computational Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology
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Forecast of a fire spreading in a large-area shopping hall

Abstract

The specifics of a forecast fire development in a single fire compartment consisting of a shopping hall characterised by a large area and a relatively low height are analysed in this paper. The fire initiated locally, and after initiation, depending on the ventilation conditions in the zone, more or less intensively spread to the neighbouring areas with or without full development. The propagation of hot exhaust plume was simulated within the environment of the FDS computer code. Three formal models differing in zone size and stacking height have been subjected to analysis. The influence of automatically activated smoke vents has been accounted for.

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Information: Technical Transactions, 2018, Volume 12 Year 2018 (115), pp. 61 - 76

Article type: Original article

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Forecast of a fire spreading in a large-area shopping hall

English:

Forecast of a fire spreading in a large-area shopping hall

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3592-429X

Mariusz Maślak
Cracow University of Technology
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3592-429X Orcid
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Cracow University of Technology

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5471-9526

Piotr Woźniczka
Institute of Building Materials and Engineering Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5471-9526 Orcid
All publications →

Institute of Building Materials and Engineering Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-1342

Michał Pazdanowski
Institute for Computational Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-1342 Orcid
All publications →

Institute for Computational Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology

Published at: 20.12.2018

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Mariusz Maślak (Author) - 33%
Piotr Woźniczka (Author) - 33%
Michał Pazdanowski (Author) - 34%

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