Fire Resistance and Safety of Timber Buildings
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2024-04-21
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Kone- ja rakennustekniikka
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ENG3043
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Insinööritieteiden kandidaattiohjelma
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en
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26
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Concerns regarding fire resistance and the safety of timber buildings are relevant since timber buildings are built progressively nowadays. Timber as a material has offered a large number of benefits; therefore, timber is an ideal material in the building and construction industry. This study will explore fire safety challenges such as fire spreads and incidents and provide findings to secure and ensure fire resistance and safety in timber buildings. This study employs a systematic literature review approach to its findings. This study comprised six main sections: Introduction, Background, Methodology, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion. The introduction provides relevant information about fire resistance and the safety of timber buildings and why it is important. The purpose of the background is to analyze and give more details about the already known knowledge about the topic, exploring different aspects such as timber buildings’ history and fire challenges. The methodology section analyzed the method approach used in this study. The result section explored the different findings used in this study. Lastly, findings are analyzed and interpreted in the discussion and conclusion. The findings of this study included the importance of building standards and codes limiting different aspects of timber buildings such as design and architectural design. Fire testing will be also considered since building standards and codes mandate fire testing as it is a way to ensure fire resistance and safety of materials and components. Also, major findings such as limiting fire spread, effective structural and building design, encapsulation, and integrated fire suppression and detection will play an important part in ensuring fire resistance and safety of timber buildings. Practicing and providing these findings in timber buildings ensures that they are fire-resistant and safe. This study contributes to enhancing fire resistance and safety of timber buildings and provides multiple safety methods and techniques to ensure that.Description
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Puustinen, TuuliaThesis advisor
Amiri, AliKeywords
timber building, wood building, fire resistance, fire safety