Fire Safety in High Rise Buildings - Softcover

Alvear, Daniel; Capote, Jorge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3836493365 ISBN 13: 9783836493369

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K., 2008

Synopsis

A clear international tendency exists toward a considerable growth in High Rise Buildings construction, due to its impact in the urbanism, economy and architectural of the cities. However, in occasions this tendency has not been accompanied by an increase Fire Safety levels. Also, in view of recent large fires in tall buildings, such as, One Meridian Square (USA), East Tower Central Park (Venezuela), World Trade Center (USA), Windsor Tower (Spain), serious problems for life safety and structural integrity have been shown. The authors present their experiences, methodologies and scientist - technical advances on Fire Safety in High Rise Buildings. The Introduction was written by the Prof. Dr. José L. Torero, University of Edinburgh (UK). The topics covered include: the structural fire design, fire dynamics, life safety, fire and evacuation computer modelling, etc. It is intend for investigators, engineers specializing in Fire Safety, researchers and many disciplines related to the Fire Science and Technology.

About this title

About the Author

Daniel Alvear

Jorge Capote

The editors are professors in Construction Engineering and Fire Safety and researchers of GIDAI Group at University of Cantabria (Spain) with numerous research projects in the field of Fire Safety. This book counts with the participation of international fire research leaders that have written the different chapters

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3836493365
• ISBN 13: 9783836493369
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416