Behaviour of precast concrete floor slabs exposed to standardised fires

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 459-475

  Cooke, Gordon M E ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b International Fire Safety Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concrete; Floor slabs; Standard fire tests; Structural response; Thermal response

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE SLABS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FIRE RESISTANCE; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FLOORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

STANDARDIZED FIRES; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

PRECAST CONCRETE;

EID: 0035400589     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(01)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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