Fire load and characteristics of modern high-rise residential buildings

Abstract

This thesis investigates the energy content of modern high-rise residential buildings in Istanbul. High-rise residential buildings are rapidly increasing due to urbanization and they are mainly constructed in dense areas of the city. Therefore, a re that occurs in one of these residential buildings might have signi cant consequences. In order to perform a re analysis, a re has to be designed according to the energy content of re load of the compartments. Regulations have prede ned re load for dwellings; but it does not always represent the re load of a real re scenario. Two di erent high-rise residential buildings and 3 di erent low-rise buildings in Istanbul are investigated. In these surveys; items inside the rooms, their dimensions and dimensions of the rooms were noted. Knowing the energy content of the rooms re load is calculated for the rooms and apartments which resulted in calculating the re load of these modern residential buildings. An application is written in order to estimate the heat release rate of the rooms which is used to compare the energy values between the curve and the surveyed values. In total 5 di erent FDS analysis was performed and it was found that re spread can be slowed down or prevented if the furniture is placed with 1.5 m spacing. It was also found that as the ventilation factor of the compartment approached to 0.1, heat ux values increased. Energy content of these high-rise residential buildings and low-rise dwellings compare well with mean values stated in Eurocode standards for dwellings and speci c rooms in order to estimate any residential buildings hrr and re load.