• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.61-66
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• 2012

In restroom on high-rise building, exhaust system comprising the blower and duct is installed to discharge the odor and the water is suppled. Thus the restroom with fire and flame protection system may be used as refuge area in a fire situation. The study presents the smoke-proof system which operates such that the exhaust system to discharge the odor is converted to air supply system and appropriate pressure difference between the restroom and the accommodation is maintained. Also real-scale test facilities of smoke-proof system for refuge space using a restroom are installed on 5-story smoke control test building and experiments for evaluating the operational performance of smoke-proof system are carried out.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.99-105
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• 2010

Ventilation fans utilized correctly can increase the effectiveness of fire fighters and survivability of occupants. It is possible to increase the pressure of a corridor to prevent the infiltration of smoke. In this study, experiments were carried out to evaluate ventilation effectiveness in corridor fires. Corridor used in the experiment was 20 m long. Heptane was used as a fuel. Temperature and visibility were measured in order to evaluate ventilation effectiveness according to the position of a vent. Vent distance ranged from 0 m to 4 m and height varied from 0 m to 1.5 m. When the vent was positioned 2 m long and 0.75 m high the result was most effective.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.69-81
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• 2024

Purpose: Recently, there has been a movement to guarantee the right to watch sports for the disabled. However, the sports stadium is designed without considering the wheelchair users, so the right to move in the stadium is not secured. Restrictions on the movement of the disabled make the evacuation vulnerable in an emergency. This study aims to develop a plan to ensure the safety of movement and evacuation of wheelchair users by conducting simulations targeting indoor sports stadiums. Method: The simulation was performed by constructing a scenario with the shape of the stands as a variable. The effect of the installation of wheelchair seats on evacuation was confirmed. Result: The results according to whether wheelchair seats are installed, the evacuation route of wheelchair movement, and whether wheelchair seats are separately arranged were compared. The impact of wheelchair seat installation on evacuation and its characteristics were derived. As a result, upward and separation seat was the most vulnerable to evacuation. Conclusion: A plan to secure evacuation performance was derived for the top floors of upward and separation seat. It is judged that the content can be use as a way to secure the safety of movement and evacuation of the disabled in sports stadiums.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.103-106
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• 2011

국토해양부령 제320호인 건축물의 피난 방화구조 등의 기준에 관한 규칙 제 3조에서는 내화구조에 관한 세부기준을 정하고 있다. 이러한 법정내화구조 중에서 철골철망 모르타르조의 피복두께에 따른 내화성능 변화를 분석하기 위하여, 본 연구에서는 고온 재하하중조건에서 내화실험을 수행하였다. 철골조의 피복두께를 50 mm ${\cdot}$ 60 mm ${\cdot}$ 70 mm로 변화하여 내화실험을 수행하였으며, 재하하중비를 변화시킴으로 동일 피복두께에서의 내화성능 변화를 분석하고자 하였다. 실험결과 단면소성모멘트 대비 하중비 0.4 조건에서의 철골철망 모르타르조의 내화성능은 180분이 나왔으며, 피난 방화구조 등의 기준의 별표 1에서 정하고 있는 내화구조의 성능기준 중 최대 내화성능시간인 3시간을 확보하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.1-6
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• 2003

In this study, it reviewed about evacuation performance of a specified Office Building. assessment tools is FAST 3.1.7 (Estimation of Flash Over, Estimation of Layer Height Down Flow Time), SIMULEX 32-bit (Estimation of Evacuation Time), JASMINE 3.25d. (Smoke Flow Assessment of a specified time) Result from Fire Scenario # 1, Flash Over is not generated in Compartment. Evacuation Time is estimated 25.2 sec by SIMULEX 32-bit. layer height until this time (25.2 sec) was estimated 2.4 m by FAST 3.1.7. After ignition until this time (25.2 sec), smoke was not release to the a corridor. In consequence, We concluded that people in building are completing the safe evacuation without the damage of smoke. Result from Fire Scenario # 1, Flash Over generated 6 min 33.2 sec in Compartment. Evacuation Time is estimated 1 min 25.5 sec by SIMULEX 32-bit. layer height down flow time is 1 min 40.8 sec by FAST 3.1.7 and 5 min 23 sec by theoretical calculation. Also, total building evacuation time was estimated 2 min 26.6 sec. After ignition until this time (2 min 26.6 sec), smoke released to the a corridor but it amount was few little. Therefore, generated smoke in compartment not effected to the people in buildings.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.148-157
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• 2012

Recently, evacuation safety of building residents becomes the major concern, as the building has been higher and more complicated. Many high-rise multi use buildings are under construction in Korea. Required evacuation time using stairway is longer in high-rise buildings, moreover it is impossible for the disabled to evacuate by using stairway. For this reason the study on the effectiveness of using elevator for evacuation is being progressed. Elevator shaft flow coefficient is the major factor for the calculation of elevator piston effect. The results of this study can be used for the study of elevator piston effect as basic data. The flow coefficient simulation was performed using FLUENT, commercial CFD program. As a result of the flow coefficient simulation, the coefficient is 0.88 considering the safety factor. This result is verified that the result of experimental study, 0.86 is conservative.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.209-212
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• 2011

2003년 대구지하철화재를 보면 각종 대형 화재사고에서 법정 피난유도(유도등, 조명등)만으로는 화재 시 발생하는 연기 및 정전에 의하여 피난방향을 유도할 수 없음이 증명되었으며, 건축 계획적 측면에서의 안전을 확보하였다 하더라도 비상시 유도 설비들이 유도성능을 제대로 발휘하지 못 할 경우에 화재 상황으로부터 피난의 위험성을 가지고 있다고 할 수 있다. 따라서 소방 설비의 의존이 필요치 않은 자체적인 발광이 가능한 축광 안전용품이 필요시 하게 되었으며, 이에 현재 사용하고 있는 기존의 축광제품은 휘도가 떨어져 사실상 그 효과가 미미하며, 이 문제점을 해결하고자 지속발광 가능한 축광소재를 개발 하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.281-291
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• 2019

In order to reflect complex and diverse building types, resident characteristics and disaster factors, it is necessary to introduce a flexible situation-based response system based on real-time information. Intelligent CCTV, hybrid sensor, location scanner, and customized broadcasting device were examined to introduce for the real-time response intelligent response system and its feasibility was verified through field test. In addition, based on the real-time information, the evacuation simulation was executed by assuming the dormitory building and the resident of the school, and the safety of the evacuation and the shortening of the pinnacle time were confirmed. The feasibility of real time information based evacuation comparing with the existing evacuation system were verified in the case of evacuation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.107-108
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• 2020

There is a need to analyze various factors in evacuation safety assessment of building in fire. In the current performance based design, evacuation safety assessment in case of fire is being conducted through the simulation as FDS and Pathfinder. However, the location and size of the door, the location of evacuation in the event of a fire are not considered when design. Accordingly, it is difficult to determine the worst case scenario considering the actual fire. Therefore in this study, in this study, we will propose an appropriate evaluation plan through simulation considering the worst-case scenario that may occur in case of fire.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.27-32
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• 2002

As a result of increase of high-rise building and complex building in cities, fire damage become larger and complicated. However, law and standards in connection with life safety in the fire is deficient in safety performance and the institution of fire is divided into two parts : the building law and the fire law. The aim of this research is to compare with egress safety rule in advanced countries and to analyze the national standard of egress safety by investigating research data in order to make fire safety rule more effective. On the basis of this analysis, this research also suggested that reform measures should make egress safety in the fire.