Experimental behaviour of a steel structure under natural fire

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 509-522

  Wald, F ^a   Simoes da Silva L ^b   Moore, D B ^c   Lennon, T ^d   Chladna M ^e   Santiago, A ^b   Benes M ^a   Borges, L ^f  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c BCSA British Constructional Steelwork Association   (United Kingdom)

^d BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fire design; Full scale tests; Steel and composite structures; Structural engineering; Structural integrity

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FIRE RESISTANCE; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

FIRE DESIGN; FULL SCALE TESTS; STEEL AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 33748803901     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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