Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods

• Performance Based Fire Safety Regulation & Building Design: The Challenges in the 21st Century
• A Simple Assessment Model to Determine Suitability of Performance-Based Approach at Concept Design Stage of a Project
• Qualitative Versus Quantitative Aspects of Performance-Based Regulations
• Fire Safety Design When Normal Limits Don’t Apply
• Regulatory Review Practices and Standards for Performance-Based
• Design Submittals: An Engineer’s Perspective
• UBC Section 905.0: Smoke Control, A Case Study of the Implementation
• of Performance-Based Building Codes in the United States
• Performance System Model: A Framework for Describing the Totality of Building Performance
• Documentation of Performance Based Fire Safety Designs
• The Role of Standards in a Performance-Based Building Regulatory System
• The Roles and Characteristics of Fire Administration on Building Fire Safety
• Quantifying the Safety Level in the Danish Building Fire Regulations
• Performance-Based Design Requirements for the First Edition of the NFPA Building Code
• Role of Acceptable Solutions in Evaluating Innovative Designs
• Can the Approval of Performance Based Solutions be Improved?
• Performance-Based Codes: The Need for Improved Understanding of Statutory Interpretation
• Results and Lessons Learned from the Fire Code Reform Centre
• A Probabilistic Approach to Tenability Criteria
• The Use of Uncertainty Analysis in Performance Based Design
• Performance-Based Simplified Model for a Steel Beam at Large Deflection in Fire
• State of the Art on Fire Resistance of Steel Structures and Experimental Study on Section Factors in Korea
• Performance Aspects of the Design of Elevator Shafts Incorporating Load-Bearing Steel Members
• Rankine Approach for Fire Resistance of Axially-Restrained Steel Column
• A Methodology for Predicting Smoke Detector Response
• Evaluation of the Computer Fire Model DETACT-QS
• Applied Zone Model to Evaluate the Smoke Management in an Underground Structure
• Modelling Fire Development for Fire Engineering Design
• Modelling the Performance of Gypsum Plasterboard Assemblies Exposed to Real Building Fires and Standard Furnace Tests
• Rational Fire Safety Concept for Chemical Process Industry
• Sensitivity Studies of Fatality Rates in Apartment Buildings Using CESARE Risk
• Hazard Analysis of a Multi-Occupancy Building Using FIERA system
• Using a Performance-Based Approach to Interface Rail Facilities with Large, Mixed-Use Structures
• A Regulatory Approach to Determining Fire Separation Between Buildings Based on the Limiting Distance Method
• Reliability Assessment of Vertical Egress Provisions in High-Rise Residential Buildings
• Reverse Engineering as a Tool in Fire Safety Engineering Assessments
• Cost-Benefit and Risk Analysis: Basis for Decisions in the Fire Safety Design Process

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