Journal of Structural Fire Engineering: Volume 10 Issue 2

Core recovery: a damage diagnosis tool for thermally deteriorated concrete

Kishor S. Kulkarni, Subhash C. Yaragal, Babu Narayan S.K.

This paper aims to study and assess residual strengths of concrete specimen exposed to elevated temperatures by core recovery tests.

Performance of parking steel column damaged by fire

Farshid Masoumi, Ebrahim Farajpourbonab

The primary purpose of this research was to expand the knowledge base regarding the behavior of steel columns during exposure to fire. This paper presents the numerical study of…

Effect of air-gap on response of fabricated slim floor beams in fire

Naveed Alam, Ali Nadjai, Chrysanthos Maraveas, Konstantinos Tsarvdaridis, Charles Kahanji

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the airgap on thermal behaviour and structural response of fabricated slim floor beams (FSFBs) in fire.

State-of-the-art of probabilistic performance based structural fire engineering

Mayank Shrivastava, Anthony Abu, Rajesh Dhakal, Peter Moss

This paper aims to describe current trends in probabilistic structural fire engineering and provides a comprehensive summary of the state-of-the-art of performance-based…

Comparison of fire resistance of damaged fireproofed steel beams under hydrocarbon pool fire and ASTM E119 fire exposure

Mustafa Mahamid, Ataollah Taghipour Anvari, Ines Torra-Bilal, Tom Brindley, Michael McNallan

The purpose of this paper is to investigate different types of fire on structural steel members with damaged fireproofing. Two types of fire scenarios are considered, ASTM E119…

ANN prediction of fire temperature in timber

Paulo Cachim

Fire degradation is an extremely important risk that threatens timber structures. It is therefore normal that timber design codes include provisions for the design and…

Hybrid fire testing in a non-linear environment using a proportional integral controller

Elke Mergny, Thomas Gernay, Guillaume Drion, Jean-Marc Franssen

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new framework based on linear control system theory and the use of proportional (P) controller and proportional integral (PI) controller…