Experimental study on examining the fire load of a small compartment

Abstract

In Hungary a lot of people live in condominiums or in block of flats where fire often occurs despite of precise design and effective fire protection arrangements. This means a hazard for the people living there, for the building constructions and also for the environment. A deeper knowledge of the burning process and examining the negative effects of fire load on building constructions with scientific methods are actual questions nowadays. In order to get to know the phenomena more accurately, fire spread in a bedroom was modeled and numerical simulation was carried out, which is presented in this paper in detail. These experiences may help increasing the fire safety and preventing fires in apartments. The simulations were carried out considering the characteristics of the Hungarian architecture.

Examination of effects of indoor fires on building structures and people

“…FDS is a reliable and effective numerical tool for fire spread simulation [ 32 ]. FDS can be used for indoor fire simulation [ 11 , 33 , 34 ] outdoor fire simulation [ 35 , 36 ] and evacuation simulation [ 37 , 38 ]. FDS offers two types of models for fire-spread simulation.…”

Analysis of Fire Simulation on Polyurethane Foam Using FDS in a University Meeting Room

“…Compartment fire is used to describe a flame situation confined within a building (Drysdale, 2011). This is because most fires often originated in closed building spaces, with some previous reports showing that more combustible room materials led to higher construction load during flame outbreaks (Laszlo et al, 2022). The following are the stages of flame development during a compartment fire hazard.…”

Comparison of optimized steel frame structures

“…As it is written in the introduction, these frame structures could be the supporting structure of a production facility, a chemical plant or even an agricultural building. Either way, dust and gas explosions are potential hazards [12]. These explosions do not directly put an extra load on the steel structure, but they are likely to result in potentially hazardous fires [13].…”