• Title/Summary/Keyword: The causes of fire

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Study on the Mechanical Properties of Lightweight Mortar for Fire Protection Covering Material in High Strength Concrete (고강도콘크리트용 내화피복재로 활용하기 위한 경량모르타르의 역학적 성상)

  • Lim, Seo-Hyung;Yoo, Suk-Hyung;Moon, Jong-Woog
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.8-13
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    • 2011
  • High strength concrete is the occurrence of explosive spalling associated with high temperature such as a fire. The spalling causes the sever reduction of the cross sectional area with the exposure of the reinforcing steel, which originates a problem in the structural behaviour. The purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanical properties of lightweight mortar using perlite and polypropylene fiber for fire protection covering material. For this purpose, selected test variables were the ratio of water to cement, the ratio of cement to perlite, contents of polypropylene fiber. As a result of this study, it has been found that addition of perlite and polypropylene fiber to mortar modifies its pore structure and reduces its density. And it has been found that a new lightweight mortar can be used in the fire protection covering material.

A Study on Dynamic Characteristics of EFPCD for Conductor Breaks in Low Voltage Wiring (저압배선 선로의 단선사고 발생시 전기화재예방 제어장치(EFPCD)의 동작 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 이상호;신미영;이경호
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.103-107
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    • 2004
  • Recently. the spark and the overheat due to in the conductor breaks have been the major causes of electrical fire in low voltage wiring. Also, because in these cases the current is a surge one, the losses and faults of a communication, a home appliances, a computer and a measuring instrument may occur. Especially, in such cases, we are very difficult to detect the condition of the conductor breaks. In this paper, we have developed an auxiliary control device, the electrical fire prevention control device (EFPCD), of an earth leakage breaker (ELB). And we can prevent the electrical fire caused by the spark and the overheat occurring in the conductor breaks with the EFPCD.

Proposal of safe fire escape system for the day-care center and the kindergarten (어린이집 및 유치원의 화재 대피용 안전 경로 시스템 제안)

  • Choi, Jun-Ho;Kwon, Mee-Rhan
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.297-301
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    • 2015
  • Day-care centers and kindergartens are increasing along with the damage caused by fire year after year. Infants and toddlers have a low response capability than adults to fire situations such as heavy smoke which causes less or zero visibility thus it is difficult in evacuation route during dangerous fire situations. Because of these circumstances, teachers need to build a safe pathway signage system along with the usual fire safety training needs of infants and children. In this paper, we propose a system for fire escape which marks the escape routes and are automatically implemented through the push function that smartphone recognizes during the real-time fire situation, and establish a system that verifies its authenticity.

A Bibliographic Study on the Cause of Aphasia (음아의 원인(原因)에 대(對)한 문헌적(文獻的) 고찰(考察))

  • Han, Dae-Gil
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.137-147
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    • 1990
  • I studied some important medical liter atures in order to examine the cause of Aphasia and found out some facts as follows : 1. Hwang Je Nae Kgong(黃帝內經) is more referred exogenous causes of disease of Aphasia than endogenous causes of disease. 2. Among many causes of Aphasia, exogenous causes of disease was cinsidered to be most common in Soh Shi Je Byong Won Hu chong Rhon(巢氏諸病源喉總論), which has had a wide influence down the ages. 3. Chon Keum Yo Bang(千金要方), Chi Tae Bhi Yo(外臺秘要), Tae Pyong Song Hye Bang(太平聖惠方), Song Je Chong Rok(聖濟總綠). Bu In Yang Bang(婦人良方) and so forth had been quoted from Hwang Je Nae Kyong and Soh Shi Je Byong Won Hu Chong Ron(巢氏諸病源喉總論). 4. In the ming dynasty had been quoted non-exo-endogenous causes of disease and the Kinds of Aphasia and prescription. 5. In the Choeun dynasty and the Ching dynasty, exogenous causes of disease was confined to the quotation of the books referred to above as well, but endogenous causes of disease was developed. 6. Today is refered kidney and Aphasia. The cause of Aphasia obtained was as follows. The exogenous cause of disease is wind, wind and cold, wind and heat. The endogenous cause of disease is pregnancy, heart block of postpartum, weakness of heart and kidney, impairment of seven modes of emotions, stagnation of phlegm and phlegm-fire, hemorrhage. The non exo-endogenous causes of disease is sing ballads and call out.

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A study on the identification of the causes according to the broken plane types of glass (유리 파단면의 형태 식별에 따른 파손원인 감정에 대한 연구)

  • Mun, Yong-Su;Sa, Sang-Yeol;Choe, Min-Seok;Choe, Jae-Ho;Kim, Yong-Su
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Fire Investigation
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.12-15
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to distinguish the causes of broken glass from doors or windows when it is found being originally kept among the remains on the floor in fire site - whether it was broken due to heating or by outer power through test and the properties of the broken plane including the pattern on the plane. Addition to it, the study tries to find characteristics for judging the point and direction of breakdown through the analysis of glass broken by outer power. With two causes assumed - a. breakdown due to heating and b. breakdown due to outer power - 3 pieces of glass plates $(30cm{\times}30cm{\times}5mm)$ for each case were tested, getting the results as following: 1. For the glass broken due to the change of temperature The broken plane is of slow curve and smooth without any pattern. 2. For the broken due to outer power With the impact point as the center, the shows breakdown of radial type and the side shows breakdown of near-perpendicular type. The far the broken piece is from the impact point, the bigger the size is. The broken piece at the impact point is of long triangle type and the two long planes of the triangle shows semi-arc with the center of breakdown point and the other plane shows opposite pattern 3. Change of the pattern and type of the glass due to outer power The pattern and type of the glass due to outer power shows change due to heatihg.

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Chest Pain and Hyungsang Medicine (흉통(胸痛)의 형상의학적(形象醫學的) 치료)

  • Oh, Chung-Hwan;Kang, Kyung-Hwa;Lee, Yong-Tae
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.1117-1125
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    • 2006
  • A study is made on the chest pain in the perspective of Hyungsang medicine. The following are the conclusions produced by the examination on the clinical cases of chest pain. Excessive atmospheric influences (wind, rain, cold and summer heat) are the exogenous causes of chest pain. The endogenous causes are diet, dwelling, sexual life and emotions. Persons of bird type are attacked by the chest pain because of emotional depressions. Those of running animal type get sick of chest pain when wood checks earth. Those of turtle type are a afflicted with chest pain due to depression and stagnation of Ki. Those of fish type suffer from chest pain when the ministerial fire of the liver and kidney becomes hyperactive. Chest pain is causes by leakage of Jung for the Jung kwa person, by stagnation of Ki for the Ki kwa person, by flaming fire due to deficiency of Yim for the Shin kwa person and Dy failure of water and fire in complementing each other for the Hyul kwa person. Chest pain often occurs to persons with the following characteristics upward nose, Dig eyes, chapped lips, pronounced foot of nose, red or yellow complexion, frowning face and wrinkles on the nasal radix. Among the six meridian types, chest pain is often found in the persons of Yangmyung and Taeum meridians. Women suffer from chest pain more often than men because breast is a center of life to her.

Investigation of an Apartment Fire - Site Surveys and Burn Tests for Estimation of the Progress on Initial Fire Spread - (공동주택의 화재조사 - 현장조사 및 연소실험에 의한 초기 화재확대과정 추정 -)

  • Nam, Dong-Gun;Hasemi, Yuji
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.120-129
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    • 2009
  • Identification of the exact cause of a building fire is generally difficult, because the source and initially ignited objects are often severely damaged or even lost during the early stages of the fire. We made an experimental attempt to reasonably estimate the burning during the very early stages of a fire, and identify its source and causes. The case we studied was an apartment fire, which occurred in Tokyo, in July 2002. The fire was extinguished just after flashover, and the on-site investigations suggested the fire started from the TV and TV stand, which had been damaged so severely that it was difficult to conclude that the TV was the ultimate cause of the fire, simply from the on-site investigation. We conducted a series of burn tests using a TV and other products identical to those actually used in the apartment. Tests were set-up and procedures were carefully studied to recreate the conditions of the articles that remained, and of the room itself. The tests demonstrated that the conditions in the apartment could be recreated only when the fire started inside the TV and came into close contact with dresser.

A Study on Fire Hazard Analysis and Smoke Flowing for the Semiconductor Manufacturing Process (반도체 제조공정의 연기유동에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Soo-Jin;Kang, Kyung-Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.197-211
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    • 2007
  • The power of semiconductor, Korea is continuously constructing semiconductor production line for keeping a front-runner status. however, studies and data about potential risks in semiconductor factory are still short. If fire does not initially suppressed, the fire causes a great damage. To decrease fire risk factors, in addition to fire fighting safety equipment, more important thing is how to design and construct fire protection system. The current fire protection codes about semiconductor factory come under functional law, and this law is short of consideration about particularity of factory. The existing prescriptive fire codes depending on experience compose without evident engineering verifications, thus equipments which is created by the current prescriptive fire code may bring about a variety of problems. For example, the design under the current regulation can not cope with the excessive investments, low efficiencies, and the diversifying construction designs and be applied to the quick changes of new technologies. Ergo, an optimal design for fire protection is to equip fire protection arrangements with condition and environment of production field. Manufacturing factory of semiconductors is a windowless airtight space. And for cleanliness, there exists strong flow of cooperation. Therefore, there is a need for fire safety design that meets the characteristic of a clean room. Accordingly, we are to derive smoke flow according to cooperation process within a clean room and construction plan of an optimal sensor system. In this study, in order to confirm the performance of proposed smoke-exhaust equipment and suggest efficient smoke exhaust device when there is a fire of 1MW of methane in the clean room of company H, we have implemented fire simulation using fluid dynamics computation.

A Study on the Causes and the Analysis of Electrical Fires - focused on Heat Analysis for Electrical Wires- (전기화재의 발생원인 및 분석에 관한 연구 - 전선의 열해석을 통하여 -)

    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.72-76
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    • 2002
  • Nowaday, with the growth of software for electro-thermal analysis, it has been studied the precise analysis and investigation of cause for the electrical fire using computer simulation on the basis of theory for electro-thermal analysis. But it is very lacking for the precise analysis and investigation of cause for the electrical fire. In this paper, we have simulated the thermal analysis for electrical wire according to the value of current and deteriorating time in a overload and a short with the electrical wire of the L's company product(600 V VVF : Three core) using the elec-tro-thermal finite element method(Flux2D).

A Study on the Mechanism of Explosive Spalling and Spalling Prevention Methods of High-Strength Concrete in Fire Temperature (고강도 콘크리트의 폭렬발생 및 폭렬저감 메커니즘에 관한 문헌적 고찰)

  • Jung, Hee-Jin;Lee, Jae-Young;Kim, Jae-Hwan;Han, Byung-Chan;Kwon, Young-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.313-316
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    • 2008
  • Nowadays, the use of high strength concrete has become increasingly popular. Thus, the theory of this study gives a definition of HSC mechanism through study factors of spalling occurrence of HSC and solutions of failure mechanism. During the fire goes on, building structure using HSC causes explosive spalling and finally it gets to the breaking of the structure down. As a result of this failure mechanism, it remains to be investigated to prevent from explosive spalling of HSC and needs to provide basic problems of HSC at high temperature.

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