Temperature distribution in a full-scale steel framed building subject to a natural fire

Steel and Composite Structures

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-182

  Wald, František ^a   Chladná, Magdalena ^b   Moore, David ^c   Santiago, Aldina ^d   Lennon, Tom ^e  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c BCSA British Constructional Steelwork Association   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire design; Full scale tests; Steel and composite structures; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); THERMAL EFFECTS; VENTILATION;

FIRE DESIGN; FULL-SCALE TESTS; STEEL AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

STEEL;

EID: 33645301560     PISSN: 12299367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/scs.2006.6.2.159     Document Type: Article

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