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A Full-scale Fire Test of an Apartment House  

Kim, Myung-Bae (한국기계연구원 에너지플랜트연구본부)
Han, Yong-Shik (한국기계연구원 에너지플랜트연구본부)
Choi, Byung-Il (한국기계연구원 에너지플랜트연구본부)
Do, Kyu-Hyung (한국기계연구원 에너지플랜트연구본부)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.23, no.4, 2009 , pp. 104-111 More about this Journal
Abstract
To research about the fire spread in Korean apartment house, a full-scale fire test in a four-story apartment was executed. The fire started at the third floor, and originated from overheated cooking oil in the kitchen. The apartment included all combustibles in general house. Through measuring temperature, measuring the concentration of oxygen and observing, we investigated the fire spread inside the apartment house. As a result, we got the data of the time needed for the initiation of fire, the time for fire to spread into each area in the house, and the time required until flash-over was seen. Also we grasped the understanding of the fire spread to the upper floor.
Keywords
Apartment house; Full-scale fire test; Fire spread; Flash over;
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