The behaviour of full-scale steel-framed buildings subjected to compartment fires

Structural Engineer

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 15-21

  Bailey, C G ^a   Lennon, T ^a   Moore, D B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENT FIRES; FULL-SCALE STEEL-FRAMED BUILDINGS;

BUILDING CODES; FIREPROOFING; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0032691880     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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