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Performance of Combustible Façade Systems Used in Green Building Technologies Under Fire / by Gaurav Srivastava, Pravinray D. Gandhi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Srivastava, Gaurav, author.
- Gandhi, Pravinray D., author.
- Series:
- Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2363-7641
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fire prevention.
- Buildings--Protection.
- Buildings.
- Building materials.
- Buildings--Design and construction.
- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety.
- Building Materials.
- Building Construction and Design.
- Local Subjects:
- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety.
- Building Materials.
- Building Construction and Design.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (174 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2022.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
- Summary:
- This book addresses fire safety of combustible façade systems which has gained much attention in recent times due to several major fire accidents across the world where combustible façade systems had a significant role in enhancing the growth of fire. The Grenfell tower (London) fire is one of the most severe accident in this category. The book covers basic design and functional aspects of commonly used façade systems along with the materials typically used in such systems. Subsequently, it discusses the currently available testing methods at component level, intermediate level, and system level. It also provides detailed case studies of six full-scale real fire façade fire experiments that have been jointly carried out by IIT Gandhinagar and Underwriters Laboratories at the full-scale façade testing facility established at IIT Gandhinagar. The book will enable designers and decision makers to make better assessments regarding fire safety of existing and upcoming façade systems. It also serves as a guide to deciding which testing methods are more appropriate under certain conditions.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Aspects of Design of Façade Systems
- Materials Used and their Properties
- Rationale of Existing Test Methods
- Detailed Case Studies of Full-scale Experiments
- Summary and Future Directions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 981-16-3111-5
- 981-16-3112-3
- OCLC:
- 1273982726
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