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Study on Disaster Prevention in Case of Fire at Subway Platform with Platform Screen Door

  • Rie, Dong-Ho;Yoon, Sung-Wook;Ko, Jae-Woong;Lee, Keun-Oh
    • International Journal of Safety
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.36-42
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    • 2005
  • A study on fire phenomena in a subway transit mass station has been carried out as a part of disaster prevention plan at the subway station. The ventilation facilities installed in both the platform and the trackway are designed to convert into a smoke exhaust system in emergency situation, creating an environment necessary for evacuation. 3 dimensional Numerical Simulations based on the CFD are carried out using a simulation tool, Fire Dynamic Simulator. Total of six different cases are made and performances are compared each other to find optimal vents operation to ensure safer environment for evacuation at the platform area considering the installation of platform screen door.

A Study on the Improvement of Life Safety Codes for High Fire Risk Building Applications (II) (화재 위험성을 중심으로 한 건축물 용도별 한국형인명안전기준의 개선안 도출에 관한 연구(II))

  • Koo, In-hyuk;Kim, Hye-Won;Jin, Seung-Hyeon;Lee, Byeong-Heun;Kwon, Young-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2022.04a
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    • pp.75-76
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    • 2022
  • In Korea, the occurrence and risk of similar fires are high, so setting up fire prevention measures through fire case investigation is considered the most basic measure in securing human safety. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to research status and related regulations of Life Safety Codes for High Fire Risk Building Applications In the future, using this as basic data, it is considered that additional research is need to development Human Safety Standards in Korea.

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A Study on the Improvement of Life Safety Codes for High Fire Risk Building Applications (화재 위험성을 중심으로 한 건축물 용도별 한국형인명안전기준의 개선안 도출에 관한 연구)

  • Koo, In-Hyuk;Kim, Hye-Won;Jin, Seung-Hyeon;Lee, Byeong-Heun;Kwon, Young-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2021.11a
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    • pp.88-89
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    • 2021
  • In Korea, the occurrence and risk of similar fires are high, so setting up fire prevention measures through fire case investigation is considered the most basic measure in securing human safety. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to research status and related regulations of Life Safety Codes for High Fire Risk Building Applications In the future, using this as basic data, it is considered that additional research is need to development Human Safety Standards in Korea.

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An Experimental Study on the Verification of Fire Extinguishing Performance According to the Combustion Characteristics of Building Window Frame (건축물 창호 프레임의 연소특성에 따른 방화성능 검증에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Byeong-Heun;Kwon, Young-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2021.11a
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    • pp.54-55
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    • 2021
  • This study compared the fire safety standards for windows of Korea, the U.S. and Japan to prevent fire expansion through exterior wall openings, and conducted experiments using PVC and aluminum window frames, which are widely used in Korea.The experiment is KS F 2845 which combines frames of the same thickness and area with single-window form and 1 hour fire resistance glass with 8T thickness. Experiments showed that the PVC window was about 9 minutes and the aluminum window was about 26 minutes. However, in Korea, there are no test standards for windows installed at the opening of the exterior wall. In addition, fire safety standards for windows shall be established along with the designation of fire prevention zones.

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An Experimental Study to Evaluate the Fire Risk of Building Windows (건축물 창호의 화재위험성 평가를 위한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Byeong-Heun;Kwon, Young-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2022.04a
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    • pp.77-78
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    • 2022
  • This study compared the fire safety standards for windows of Korea, the U.S. and Japan to prevent fire expansion through exterior wall openings, and conducted experiments using PVC and aluminum window frames, which are widely used in Korea.The experiment is KS F 2845 which combines frames of the same thickness and area with single-window form and 1 hour fire resistance glass with 8T thickness. Experiments showed that the PVC window was about 9 minutes and the aluminum window was about 26 minutes. However, in Korea, there are no test standards for windows installed at the opening of the exterior wall. In addition, fire safety standards for windows shall be established along with the designation of fire prevention zones.

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FIRE ENGINEERING IN EAST ASIA

  • Bressington, Peter
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 1997.11a
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 1997
  • This paper examines the advantages of designing fire safety from first principles and the potential for this approach in East Asia. In order to show how this approach can be used, actual case studies are discussed. These studies demonstrate the way in which fire science and research can have a positive impact on fire safety design for buildings.

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A Study on Fire Risk Assessment by the Consideration of Individual Evacuating Path Line (개인별 대피경로를 고려한 화재위험성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Rie, Dong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2007
  • In this study, we provided an index for the quantitative and systematic performance based fire risk assessment. A complex cinema was adopted for the fire scenario and the fire simulation was carried out by using FDS. Also evacuation time was calculated by using SIMULEX. We obtained a big different fire risk assessment result by the focus on the between space basis and the time basis. As a result of this study, performance based fire risk assessment should be performed on the basis of individual evacuee's path line.

A Cooperating Plan of Fire Investigation: Focused on Public-Private Partnership Theory (화재조사의 협력방안 모색: 민관파트너십이론을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Ranny;Kong, Ha-Sung
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.37-44
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    • 2014
  • This study is to search cooperation plan about fire investigation based on the public-private partnership. Especially focused on the partnership with 4 sector; the academic world, insurance sector, industrial world, professionalist of private fire investigation. In conclusion, Firstly a partnership with the academic world should have courses or school subject extensions related to fire investigation. Secondly, a partnership with insurance sector should secure trust through unifying estimate standard about the origin of damage. Thirdly, A partnership with industrial company is presented making collaboration team to investigate the fire investigation. Lastly, the partnership with the private professionalist related to fire investigation should strengthen credibility and expertise.

The Chinese Performance-based Code for Fire-resistance of Steel Structures

  • Li, Guo-Qiang;Zhang, Chao
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.123-130
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    • 2013
  • In the past two decades, researchers from different countries have conducted series of experimental and theoretical studies to investigate the behaviour of structures in fire. Many new insights, data and calculation methods have been reported, which form the basis for modern interdisciplinary structural fire engineering. Some of those methods are now adopted in quantitative performance-based codes and have been migrated into practice. Mainly based on the achievements in structural fire research at China, the Chinese national code for fire safety of steel structures in buildings has been drafted and approved, and will be released in this year. The code is developed to prevent steel structures subjected to fire from collapsing, ensure safe evacuation of building occupants, and reduce the cost for repairing the damages of the structure caused by fire. This paper presents the main contents of the code, which includes the fire duration requirements of structural components, fundamental requirements on fire safety design of steel components, temperature increasing of atmosphere and structural components in fire, loading effect and capacity of various components in fire, and procedure for fire-resistant check and design of steel components. The analytical approaches employed in the code and their validation works are also presented.

A Study of Classification of Road Tunnel for Fire Safety (안전성 향상을 위한 도로터널 등급에 관한 연구)

  • Yoo, Ji-Oh;Rie, Dong-Ho;Shin, Hyun-Jun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.20 no.3 s.71
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    • pp.112-119
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    • 2005
  • In road tunnel, in order to prevents an accident and minimize the damage of an accident in the case of fire, safety facilities and equipments are integral parts. The type and amount of safety facilities are based on tunnel type and length, traffic flow rate, etc. Therefore many countries use a tunnel classification system that categories tunnel into groups, and specifies the necessary emergency equipment for each group. In this study, for the purpose of classifying tunnel based on tunnel ist investigated the domestic and foreign standards and regulations for safety of road tunnel. As a results, we suggest the method of classification of tunnel by traffic performance, tunnel grade, the volume of traffic, fraction of HGV, rules or regulations for transports of dangerous good through tunnel.