Composite beams in large buildings under fire - Numerical modelling and structural behaviour

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-188

  Sanad, A M ^a   Rotter, J M ^a   Usmani, A S ^a   O'Connor, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FE modelling; Restrained beams; Structural behaviour in fire

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000384460     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(00)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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