Fire and smoke modelling can provide vital data on heat and smoke production this information allows then for the calculation and requirements when specifying smoke ventilation and fire prevention systems in non-standard scenarios.
Fire and smoke modelling can be used at early design stages to enable bespoke and new building design that is not permitted by standard guidance, or to enable an improvement of a building to increase the use of space and distance criteria outlined in current fire regulations.
Computer analysis and the process of simulation such in smoke modelling can save money and provide proven benefits to fire safety in buildings.
Smoke modelling uses computer analysis to demonstrate how smoke or air move over a substrate or within for example a building space. This method of fluid dynamic analysis is used in a variety of industries and in fire design, smoke modelling software can provide detailed virtual representation of a building created from layout plans to simulate and track the spread of fire and smoke.
Using these modelling processes smoke and fire mapping from a particular area within a building can visually show how the spread of the smoke affects any areas of concern, such as where fire could spread more rapidly, where smoke would be thicker or create hotspots.
Smoke modelling provides information that can be invaluable when looking at a building’s fire strategy. Assisting in identifying the need for additional safety systems and then including them in the virtual model created for a specific situation, simulations can be re-trialled to establish the performance and potential levels of fire safety protection at design stage.
Once the model analysis and any design modifications have been proven, this system can significantly be shown to reduce fire and smoke spread concerns and increase a building’s compliance with the relevant fire regulation guidance.
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