Abstract: A Fire Safety Ranking System (EB-FSRS) is proposed for assessing the fire safety provisions in existing high-rise nonresidential buildings in Hong Kong. The objective is to investigate how far the fire safety provisions ...

Abstract: The smoke aspects in the escape routes for a three-level apartment are studied using the fire zone model CFAST 2.0. The smoke temperature and smoke layer interface heights in the corridors and staircases are analyzed. ...

Abstract: Numerical studies on a recent large high-rise building fire in Hong Kong are reported. Preliminary studies suggested that a lift shaft under refurbishment with all of its doors removed was the key factor in the fire ...

Abstract: A large amount of combustibles are stored in small newspapers and magazine shops in terminal halls known as news agents in the Far East. Fire safety for those small shops located in crowded public transport interchanges ...

Abstract: A mathematical model is developed to predict the resultant carbon monoxide level in a residential area located near a vehicular tunnel entry. The highway to the tunnel is adjacent to hillsides. The tunnel is ejecting ...

Abstract: Performance-based design is commonly applied to projects that have difficulties in complying with prescriptive fire codes in the Far East. There are procedures for evaluating fire resisting construction and structural ...

Abstract: Numerical studies on hot smoke tests at an airport terminal were performed. In that airport terminal, field measurements on the smoke filling process with and without operating the ventilation system were carried out in ...

Abstract: Smoke generated by fire in a building is carried by the indoor air motion. Thermal forces such as buoyancy induced by the fire are key factors in determining the air movement. Scale modeling studies are useful in understanding ...

Abstract: Atria are commonly constructed in building complexes of the Far East, including Hong Kong. Fire safety has become a concern as a consequence of several large fires that have occurred since 1996. Atria are usually designed ...