Outcomes of a major research on fire resistance of concrete columns

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 433-445

  Ali, Faris ^a   Nadjai, Ali ^a   Silcock, Gordon ^a   Abu Tair, Abid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Columns; Explosive spalling; Fire; High strength concrete; Restraint

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; EXPLOSIONS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; LOADING; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYPROPYLENES; SPALLING; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EXPLOSIVE SPALLING; HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE; RESTRAINT;

FIRE RESISTANCE;

EID: 3242798238     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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