Considering catenary action in designing end-restrained steel beams in fire

Advances in Structural Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-324

  Yu, H X ^a   Liew, J Y Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Catenary action; Elevated temperature; Fire limit state; Performance based approach; Restrained beam

Indexed keywords

CATENARY ACTIONS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; FIRE LIMIT STATE; PERFORMANCE BASED APPROACH; RESTRAINED BEAMS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FIRE HAZARDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE STRESS;

STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 21644469976     PISSN: 13694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1369433054349123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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