Explosion and fire analysis of steel frames using mixed element approach

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 606-616

  Chen, Hong ^a   Liew, J Y Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blast loads; Buckling; Explosions; Fire resistance; Steel frames; Strain rate; Transient loads

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; EXPLOSION TESTING; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRE RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL STRUCTURES;

FIRE ANALYSIS; SHELL ELEMENTS; STATIC LOADS; STEEL FRAMES;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EXPLOSION; FIRE; STEEL STRUCTURE;

EID: 20444434077     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2005)131:6(606)     Document Type: Article

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