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Conference Paper: Wind tunnel and CFD studies on wind flow around a high-rise building with a refuge floor
Title | Wind tunnel and CFD studies on wind flow around a high-rise building with a refuge floor |
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Issue Date | 2005 |
Publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd. |
Citation | The 6th International Conference on Tall Buildings, Mini Symposium on Sustainable Cities, Mini Symposium on Planning, Design and Socio-Economic Aspects of Tall Residential Living Environment, Hong Kong, China, 6 – 8 December 2005. In Tall Buildings from Engineering to Sustainability, 2005, p. 435-441 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Under the Building Codes of Hong Kong Special Administration Region, the provision of refuge floors has been an indispensable element in their high-rise building design since 1996. A refuge floor is a designed temporary safe place to improve high-rise evacuation during fires. It is a fire-protected semi-permeable feature in buildings taller than 25 storeys. Direct cross natural ventilation by natural wind is an important design criterion of a refuge floor. It helps to prevent any smoke entering the refuge floor from logging and impairing the safe conditions of the floor. This paper reports a study of the wind flow patterns around a high-rise building with a refuge floor at wind incident angle perpendicular to the building. The study is based on CFD simulations which are qualified by wind tunnel data. The results revealed a smoke hazard potential if smoke is dispersed from the rear face of the building at a level closely below the refuge floor. Smoke may be logged inside the refuge floor area behind the internal blockage. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209174 |
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dc.contributor.author | Cheng, C | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, KM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yuen, R | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lo, S | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-08T03:49:17Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-08T03:49:17Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The 6th International Conference on Tall Buildings, Mini Symposium on Sustainable Cities, Mini Symposium on Planning, Design and Socio-Economic Aspects of Tall Residential Living Environment, Hong Kong, China, 6 – 8 December 2005. In Tall Buildings from Engineering to Sustainability, 2005, p. 435-441 | - |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-981-256-620-1 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209174 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Under the Building Codes of Hong Kong Special Administration Region, the provision of refuge floors has been an indispensable element in their high-rise building design since 1996. A refuge floor is a designed temporary safe place to improve high-rise evacuation during fires. It is a fire-protected semi-permeable feature in buildings taller than 25 storeys. Direct cross natural ventilation by natural wind is an important design criterion of a refuge floor. It helps to prevent any smoke entering the refuge floor from logging and impairing the safe conditions of the floor. This paper reports a study of the wind flow patterns around a high-rise building with a refuge floor at wind incident angle perpendicular to the building. The study is based on CFD simulations which are qualified by wind tunnel data. The results revealed a smoke hazard potential if smoke is dispersed from the rear face of the building at a level closely below the refuge floor. Smoke may be logged inside the refuge floor area behind the internal blockage. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Tall Buildings from Engineering to Sustainability | - |
dc.rights | Tall Buildings from Engineering to Sustainability. Copyright © World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd. | - |
dc.rights | For preprints : Preprint of an article published in [Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, Pages] [Article DOI] © [copyright World Scientific Publishing Company] [Journal URL] For postprints : Electronic version of an article published as [Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, Pages] [Article DOI] © [copyright World Scientific Publishing Company] [Journal URL] | - |
dc.title | Wind tunnel and CFD studies on wind flow around a high-rise building with a refuge floor | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, KM: kmlam@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, KM=rp00134 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1142/9789812701480_0066 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 170314 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 435 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 441 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Singapore | - |