FIRE RESISTANCE ASSESSMENT ACCORDING TO THE THERMAL INSULATION CRITERION – AN ENGINEERING APPROACH

Abstract

The paper presents the numerical simulation of a fire in a conference hall and the analysis of temperatures on opposite sides of the walls and slab of the fire space. The purpose of this case study is to establish if a fire can develop in the adjacent rooms of the conference hall due to the heat transfer (verifying fire resistance of the enclosure elements for the thermal insulation criterion). Using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations it was concluded that for the considered fire scenario the materials in contact with the enclosing elements of the fire space cannot ignite.