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Smoke Control CFD Case Studies

A collection of published project examples showing how smoke control CFD supports practical design decisions, technical reviews, and approval-focused reporting.

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Each case study below opens as its own standalone page, with focused detail on the relevant building type, system, and design challenge.

Basement car park pulse ventilation CFD output

Basement Car Park

Mechanical impulse smoke clearance and pollution control

Detailed CFD validation of an enclosed basement car park using jet fans, tracer gas decay, and dual-mode operation for pollution control and smoke clearance.

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Commercial smoke control benchmarking CFD output

BS 9999 Firefighting Shaft

Mechanical smoke control benchmarked against a BRE natural shaft

Comparative FDS analysis showing a proposed mechanical strategy outperformed a BRE-style natural shaft benchmark across upper-floor and lower-floor fire scenarios.

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Listed luxury London hotel smoke control CFD output

Listed Luxury London Hotel

Engineered building-wide smoke control strategy

Performance-based CFD covering stairs, lobbies, firefighting shaft interfaces, the basement bar area, and the ground-floor restaurant.

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Large-scale industrial facility smoke exhaust CFD output

Large-Scale Industrial Facility

High-volume smoke exhaust and sprinkler interaction analysis

Ultra-high-resolution CFD quantifying tenability, ventilation control, and sprinkler-smoke interaction over extended industrial firefighting timelines.

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Residential dual-shaft ventilation CFD output

Residential Complex

Dual-shaft smoke ventilation with dynamic under-pressure control

Sensor-driven supply and extract logic validated by CFD to keep corridors tenable while staying below pressure thresholds that affect door usability.

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High-rise residential reverse stack effect CFD output

High-Rise Residential

Reverse stack effect mitigation and firefighting shaft optimization

CFD validation of governing summer reverse stack conditions, compliant door operability, and smoke-free escape routes in an 85-metre residential tower.

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Subterranean accommodation smoke clearance CFD output

Subterranean Accommodation

Tracer gas smoke clearance optimization across 19 basement compartments

A tracer-gas-based CFD methodology used to verify uniform volumetric clearance, eliminate stagnancy, and optimize a complex ducted smoke clearance network serving deep basement ancillary spaces.

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Residential corridor and stair smoke control CFD output

Residential Development

Corridor tenability confirmed with targeted stair protection refinement

Residential smoke control CFD comparing mixed shaft strategies, confirming corridor performance while identifying residual stair ingress risk for the most demanding flat locations.

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Basement car park ventilation and smoke clearance CFD output

Basement Car Park

Mechanical ventilation validated for pollution control and smoke clearance

Tracer-gas and fire-mode CFD analysis of a basement car park ventilation system with induction fans, showing uniform airflow, no persistent dead zones, and strong clearance performance.

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