Probabilistic simulation of fire endurance of a wooden beam

Structural Safety

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 322-336

  Hietaniemi, Jukka ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fire resistance; Fire risk; Fire simulation; Monte Carlo; Probabilistic; Wood charring rate

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE RESISTANCE; FIRES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FIRE SIMULATION; WOOD CHARRING RATE;

WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE RESISTANCE; FIRES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 34249983646     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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