Fire safety engineering in timber buildings
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Fire Safety Engineering – Opportunities and Challenges for Timber Buildings
The combustibility of timber is one of the main reasons that many building regulations strictly limit the use of timber as a building material. Fire safety is an important contribution to feeling safe, and an important criterion for the choice of building materials. The main precondition for an increased use of timber in buildings is adequate fire safety. This paper reviews the opportunities an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Fire Safety Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0379-7112
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.05.002