On the "Cabins" Fire Safety Design Concept in the New Hong Kong Airport Terminal Building

Abstract

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Rates of Radiative and Convective Heat Transfer in a Cabin Fire

“…THERE HAS BEEN a good deal of attention paid in recent issues of this journal [1][2][3][4][5] to the &dquo;cabins&dquo; fire safety concept, specifically as it relates to the new Hong Kong International Airport. Some retail outlets at the airport terminal are as small as 3 metre cube, and the discussion to date has been largely concerned with heat release and transfer rates in these.…”

A Contribution to the Discussion of the Cabins Fire Safety Design Concept

“…A PAPER BY W K. Chow [1] on the &dquo;cabins&dquo; fire safety design concept as it relates specifically to the new international airport in Hong Kong is the subject of criticism by M. Law and also by P Beever [2,3], there having been a response by W K. Chow [4]. The present author, having studied the discussion to date very carefully, wishes to contribute the following points of interest.…”