• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.57-66
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• 2015

This thesis is based on a research to investigate the electrical fire risk due to the single and composite cause in a terminal block. This paper analyzed the thermal characteristics depending on the screw torque change and contact resistance change to measure the fire risk due to the poor contact from single cause first. To measure the fire risk due to the composite cause, the acceleration tracking depending on the contact resistance change was experimented to check the correlation of poor contact and tracking to fire. The experiment result showed that the thermal characteristics were clearer as the screw torque in poor contact status and magnitude of contact resistance increased and that the thermal characteristics of terminal block depending on the contact resistance change was more reliable than the thermal characteristics depending on the screw torque change. Moreover, the terminal block poor contact and tracking were correlated in the case of the composite cause, and when two composite causes were interacted, the electrical fire risk was higher than the single cause.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.29-39
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• 2010

In this study, experimental test and numerical analysis were conducted to investigate the heat transfer characteristics and fiber performance of high strength concrete. The fire characteristics of the high strength concrete that couldn't be obtained through the test due to specific requirements and restrictions were forecast using numerical analysis approach. The outcome from the numerical analysis and the test were compared to verify and improve the reliability of the analysis. A numerical analysis of 80 and 100 MPa high strength concrete cases were carried out to identify the heat transfer characteristics and fire behavior using software, ABACUS (V6.8) From the results of verification experiment, a 25~55% level of beam shrinkage reduction was observed compared to the concrete without Fiber-Cocktail, indicating the improved fire resistance performance, which appeared to be attributable to the function of Fiber-Cocktail that was able to control the heat transfer characteristics and ultimately result in enhancing the fire resistance performance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.73-76
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• 2011

최근 건축물에서 공동주택의 비율이 증가하고 있으며 동시에 공동주택의 화재비율도 증가하는 경향을 보이고 있다. 또한 화재 시 인명 피해의 주원인인 가연물은 소재가 다양화되고 있으나 안정성 보다는 디자인, 기능성에 치중되어 그에 따른 화재 위험성도 커져가고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 전보의 실내장식물에 이어 공동주택에서 많이 사용되어지는 적재가연물을 가연물 조사를 바탕으로 선정하여 Furniture Calorimeter를 이용해 그 연소특성을 알아보았다. 그 결과, 소파가 타 시료에 비해 화재 시 높은 위험성을 나타냈으며, 일본건축학회에 발표된 데이터와 비교한 결과 소파의 데이터가 유사한 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.286-289
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• 2012

본 연구는 외국에서 수행된 FDS를 이용한 화재조사사례를 조사분석하여 그 문제점 및 개선방안을 정리하여 향후 국내에서 화재조사를 위한 FDS의 이용방안을 제시하는 것을 목적으로 수행하였다. 본 외국사례를 통한 케이스스터디와 실험적으로 국내의 주요가연물들에 대한 열특성데이터와 내외장재 및 창호등에 대한 열특성에 관한 DB를 분석하고 국내상황에 필요한 화재성장모델을 구축하여 화재조사에 적용할 수 있도록 개선하는데 그 목적이 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.35-39
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• 2011

일반 건물과 달리 특별한 화재특성을 가지는 단독주택, 주차장, 지하대공간, 다중이용시설 등의 화재 시 유효하게 진압할 수 있는 용도별 맞춤식 스프링클러헤드를 개발하기 위한 성능검증방법을 마련하고자 시험방법 및 성능요건을 연구하였다. 먼저 용도별 장소의 화재특성을 고찰하였으며, 아울러 기존의 관련 국내외 시험기준을 면밀히 분석하여 시험항목 선정 및 적용방법 수립방안을 검토하였다. 시험항목은 환경시험과 기능시험, 화재시험으로 대별할 수 있는데 이 중 용도별 헤드의 성능을 좌우하는 살수분포와 화재시험에 대해 시험방법과 성능요건을 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.93-99
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• 2009

본 연구는 ISO-9705 표준화재실의 40% 축소모형실험 결과와 FDS 화재해석 결과의 비교분석을 통하여 FDS 화재해석 모델에 적용된 CO 와 soot의 생성율(yield rate)에 기초한 접근방식의 타당성을 검토한다. 일반적으로 생성율은 연료적인 특성인 동시에 공간의 환기조건이나 열적조건등에 영향을 받게 된다. 그러나 FDS 해석에 적용되는 연료의 생성율은 환기량이 충분한 상태(well ventilated condition)에서 측정되어진 물성으로써 공간내부의 CO와 soot 농도는 연료의 종류와 화원의 크기에 의해서만 결정된다. 따라서 환기조건과 연료특성에 따른 화재공간 내부에서의 CO와 soot 농도를 측정하여 이 결과를 FDS 시뮬레이션 결과와 직접 비교함으로써 환기조건 및 연료종류에 따른 CO 와 soot의 생성율 개념의 타당성을 고찰해보고자 한다.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.41-48
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• 2001

Halogen-based fire suppressing agents have been the most effective fire suppressants and widely used for flammable liquid and electric fire. However they have environmental problems causing stratospheric ozone depletion and globe warming. As a substitution of halon, fire suppression system using fine water mist is one of an effective fire suppressant. Suffocating and cooling effects of water mist are increased by the evaporation characteristics because it has droplet size less than 1,000 $\mu{m}$ and very large surface area. In this study, the extinguishing characteristics of fire was measured with changing of water mist droplet size, flow density; discharge pressure, and fire size. As a result, the extinguishing time of pool fire was shortened with the increase of flow density and in case of low flow density less than 0.5$\pm$0.05 ml/$\textrm{cm}^2$ . min, the extinguishing time was shortened with the increase of droplet size. The cycling discharge was effective for $\eta$-heptane pool fire, and total amount of water mist required to extinguish fire was reduced to a quarter compare with continuous discharge.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.93-103
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to analyze the spatial cluster characteristics of fire using long-term fire data. For this, fire data which were broke out in the last 40 years were converted into GIS data and spatial analysis was performed at Gangwon-do province's minimum administrative district level. In order to grasp the spatial distribution of the fire, Moran's I, Geary's Ci and Getis-Ord's Gi*, which are methods that analyze the local indicators of spatial association(LISA), were used. By integrating the characteristics of the spatial distribution of fire by integrating the results obtained from each analysis, the advantages of the individual analysis methods were reflected in the study results. As a result of the study, hotspot areas of fire in Gangwon-do was derived out. Among the hot spot areas, some areas, where the fire frequency is higher than the adjacent areas, have been identified. The results of this study can be used as information for predicting the fire hazard area and relocating of fire-fighting facilities in the study area.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.150-158
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• 2010

There are lots of buildings with their deterioration in wholesale markets which have high concentration that can cause big fire due to difficulty of installing fire protection system in fire compartment, absence of safety awareness, access by many and unspecified people. There had been big fire that caused by these kind of fire weakness such as Seomun Market's in 2005 which costed tens of millions dollar, Dongmun Shopping District’s with 7 casualties. Now counter-measure against these fire is urgently needed. This study drew characteristic of current condition of wholesale markets and the one classified by main agent, fire cases and prevention of fire through statistical data. Also, current condition of fire prevention management and actual state were investigated by conducting a survey of person in charge of fire prevention and current practician. As a result, it was shown that securing professionalism of fire prevention, improvement of structural weakness of buildings, obtaining reliability on performance of fire protection system and internal fire education against practician in the market are needed.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.28-35
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• 2003

To analyze the transfer characteristics of $CO_2$ extinguishant when extinguishant is injected into a closed space similar to a marine engine room, a numerical simulation was performed. Flow and Concentration fields are calculated according with the variation of the fire plume,s location. The results show that tile variation of fire plumes, location greatly effected on the flow patterns and the characteristics of $CO_2$ extinguishant transfer. In case of the fire plume located at left region of the 2nd floor center in the engine room consisted of first and second floor, The effects similar to the air curtain is found and cut off the mass transfer. In the characteristics with hight, the iso-concentration line below the extinguishable limit is formed in the left region of the 1st and 2nd floor center after the $CO_2$ extinguishant is completely injected. therefore I think that the results of this study are considered to arrange the $CO_2$ injection nozzles for the $CO_2$ fire fighting equipments.