Application of fire safety engineering principles to the design of buildings - Structural response and fire spread beyond the enclosure of origin

Application of fire safety engineering principles to the design of buildings - Structural response and fire spread beyond the enclosure of origin

£348.00
£348.00
£174.00
Sold out

PD 7974-3:2011 Application of fire safety engineering principles to the design of buildings. Structural response and fire spread beyond the enclosure of origin

This Published Document (PD 7974-3:2011) provides a framework for developing a rational methodology for design using a fire safety engineering approach through the application of scientific and engineering principles to the protection of people, property and the environment from fire. PD 7974-3:2011 considers the following issues:

  • The conditions within a fire enclosure and their potential to cause fire spread
  • The thermal and mechanical response of the enclosure boundaries and its structure to the fire conditions
  • The impact of the anticipated thermal and mechanical responses on adjacent enclosures and spaces
  • The structural responses of loadbearing elements and their effect on structural stability, load transfer and acceptable damage according to the design and purpose of the building
  • Fire following structural impact to the building.

PD 7974-3:2011 is one of a series of documents published under the Fire Standards Policy Committee, and is a supporting document to BS 7974, Code of Practice on the Application of Fire Safety Engineering Principles to the Design of Buildings.

Other documents in the series are:

  • PD 7974-0: Guide to design framework and fire safety engineering procedures
  • PD 7974-1: Initiation and development of fire within the enclosure of origin
  • PD 7974-2: Spread of smoke and toxic gases within and beyond the enclosure of origin
  • PD 7974-4: Detection of fire and activation of fire suppression systems
  • PD 7974-5: Fire service intervention
  • PD 7974-6: Evacuation
  • PD 7974-7: Probabilistic risk assessment

              Contents for PD 7974-3:2011

              • Scope
              • Normative references
              • Terms and definitions
              • Symbols and abbreviated terms
              • Interaction of BS 7974 sub-systems
              • Design approach to PD 7974-3
              • Analysis of mechanisms of fire spread
              • Characterization of the fire enclosure and openings
              • Characterization of the fire conditions
              • Analysis of thermal response
              • Behaviour of separating elements in fire
              • Analysis of mechanical response of loadbearing structural elements and frames

              Supersession

              This Published Document supersedes PD 7474-3:2003, which is withdrawn.