Optimising airport structural fire design with fire spread models: A case study on integrating GoZone with SAFIR

IF 3.3 3区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, CIVIL

Fire Safety Journal Pub Date : 2025-06-23 DOI:10.1016/j.firesaf.2025.104460

Jeremy Chang , Antonio Gamba , Linus Lim , Peter Armstrong , Konstantinos Papaioannou

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Abstract

This paper marks a significant milestone in the GoZone (Gamba and Franssen, 2021) [1] design tool development by presenting its first real-world implementation in a major airport expansion project, transitioning the tool from theoretical development to practical application. One of the main challenges in a structural fire engineering project has been the lack of straightforward, computationally efficient methods to model travelling fires in the space of interest over time. The newly developed GoZone program addresses this need by providing an accessible yet robust solution for modelling fire spread. Airports are the ideal projects for integrating fire spread models into the structural fire design considering the large compartments, defined use, and specific fuel loads in different areas within the building. This paper presents a case study and discusses the application of structural fire engineering analysis for an airport expansion project, specifically adopting GoZone in estimating fire spread in large compartments, in combination with the thermal-mechanical software SAFIR (Franssen and Gernay, 2017) [2] to examine potential structural behaviour during fires. The case study completes the development cycle for GoZone by applying it in a complex, high-stakes commercial project.

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基于火灾蔓延模型的机场结构火灾设计优化——以GoZone与SAFIR集成为例

本文标志着GoZone (Gamba和Franssen， 2021)[1]设计工具开发的一个重要里程碑，通过在一个主要的机场扩建项目中展示其首次在现实世界中的实施，将该工具从理论发展过渡到实际应用。结构火灾工程项目的主要挑战之一是缺乏直接的、计算效率高的方法来模拟感兴趣空间中随时间变化的火灾。新开发的GoZone程序通过为模拟火灾蔓延提供一个可访问但强大的解决方案来满足这一需求。考虑到建筑内不同区域的大隔间、明确的用途和特定的燃料负荷，机场是将火灾蔓延模型整合到结构防火设计中的理想项目。本文介绍了一个案例研究，并讨论了结构火灾工程分析在机场扩建项目中的应用，特别是采用GoZone来估计大型隔间的火势蔓延，并结合热机械软件SAFIR (Franssen和Gernay， 2017)[2]来检查火灾期间的潜在结构行为。案例研究通过将其应用于复杂的高风险商业项目，完成了GoZone的开发周期。

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Fire Safety Journal 工程技术-材料科学：综合

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5.70

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9.70%

发文量

153

审稿时长

60 days

期刊介绍： Fire Safety Journal is the leading publication dealing with all aspects of fire safety engineering. Its scope is purposefully wide, as it is deemed important to encourage papers from all sources within this multidisciplinary subject, thus providing a forum for its further development as a distinct engineering discipline. This is an essential step towards gaining a status equal to that enjoyed by the other engineering disciplines.