The structural behaviour of steel columns during a compartment fire in a multi-storey braced steel-frame

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-157

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

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Columns; Fire; Full scale test; Stability; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRE RESISTANCE; STABILITY; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TALL BUILDINGS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

FULL SCALE TEST; STEEL COLUMNS; STEEL FRAMED BUILDING;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

BUILDING; FIRE; STEEL FRAME;

EID: 0032739525     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-974X(99)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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