| Issue |
MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 9, 2013
1st International Seminar for Fire Safety of Facades
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| Article Number | 05004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 11 | |
| Section | Case Studies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20130905004 | |
| Published online | 29 November 2013 | |
Study on prevention of spread of vertical fire along finishing materials for external wall of high-rise buildings
1 Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Korea
2 Kyungmin University, Korea
Although there are laws in the Korea Building Act relating to exterior finishing materials, fireproof structures and fire-stop of curtain wall structures, the standards relating to and test methods on securing detailed fire safety functions for exterior materials of all buildings including high-rise buildings have not been prepared. This is due to the fact that test methods and standards to quantitatively evaluate the vertical fire spread of the exterior material of buildings do not exist.
In addition, while semi non-combustible materials or non-combustible materials are required to be used to prevent fire spread in buildings which exceed 30-stories, it is necessary to review the standards and regulations in cases where fire blocking systems, capable of preventing the vertical fire spread within the curtain wall, are installed to consider permitting the utilization of fire retardant material following an assessment of the construction characteristics of high-rise buildings.
The functional evaluation standards and test methods on the vertical fire spread introduced in this study will be a more effective method for performing evaluations to prevent fire spread compared to the currently utilized method of performing small scale tests.
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