Numerical Simulation on the Breakage of Glass Curtain in a Tower Building Fire

Author

Jun-Heng Wang ; Juan-Juan Chen ; Xiu-Ji Guo ; Zheng Fang

Author_Institution

Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China

fYear

2014

fDate

25-26 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

396

Lastpage

399

Abstract

This essay studies the breakage of glass curtain due to the fire in a tower building with a CFD (computation fluid dynamics) based simulation package (FDS). The heat release rate of fire is 6MW which determined by the function of the tower. The results shows temperature in vertical direction change a lot. Since the tress generated by temperature difference is the cause of glass breakage, glass size has influence on their fire-resistance performance. In the simulation, the optimal size of tempered glass under certain condition is put forward.

Keywords

buildings (structures); computational fluid dynamics; fires; flameproofing; fracture; glass; numerical analysis; structural engineering; walls; CFD; FDS; computation fluid dynamics; fire-resistance performance; glass curtain breakage; glass size; heat release rate; numerical simulation; simulation package; tempered glass; tower building fire; Equations; Fires; Floors; Glass; Mathematical model; Poles and towers; Breakage; FDS; Fire; Tempered glass; Tower building;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Computation Technology and Automation (ICICTA), 2014 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Changsha

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6635-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICTA.2014.102

Filename

7003565