Journal of Structural Fire Engineering: Volume 14 Issue 2

Travelling fire in full scale experimental building subjected to open ventilation conditions

Ali Nadjai, Naveed Alam, Marion Charlier, Olivier Vassart, Xu Dai, Jean-Marc Franssen, Johan Sjostrom

In the frame of the European RFCS TRAFIR project, three large compartment fire tests involving steel structure were conducted by Ulster University, aiming at understanding in…

Bolt stripping failure and ductility of end plate beam-column connections at ambient and elevated temperatures

Mohamed A. Shaheen, Lee S. Cunningham, Andrew S.J. Foster

The effect of bolt stripping failure on the ductility of steel end plate beam-column connections has received relatively little investigation to date. The objective with the…

The finite element method for evaluating the fire behavior of steel structures

Ilias Thanasoulas, Dan Lauridsen, Bjarne Paulsen Husted, Luisa Giuliani

The purpose of this study is to contribute toward providing the main aspects of numerical modeling the fire behavior of steel structures with finite elements (FEs). The…

Bending-strength evaluation of wide-flange steel beams subjected to local buckling at elevated temperatures

Xiaomin Zhao, Fuminobu Ozaki, Takeo Hirashima, Kei Kimura, Yukio Murakami, Jun-ichi Suzuki, Naoya Yotsumoto

The main purpose of this study was to propose theoretical calculation models to evaluate the theoretical bending strengths of welded wide-flange section steel beams with local…

Influence of fire-resistant coating on the physical characteristics and residual mechanical properties of E350 steel section exposed to elevated temperature

G. Jaya Kumar, Tattukolla Kiran, N. Anand, Khalifa Al-Jabri

Most of the industrial buildings which are designed to moderate loads are constructed using light gauge cold-formed steel (CFS) sections. Residual mechanical properties of CFS…

Numerical study on buckling capacity of steel H-beams under non-uniform temperature distribution

Thac Quang Nguyen, Xuan Tung Nguyen, Tri N. M. Nguyen, Thanh Bui-Tien, Jong Sup Park

The strength and stiffness of steel deteriorate rapidly at elevated temperatures. Thus, the characteristics of steel structures exposed to fire have been concerned in recent…

State-of-the-art review of the reliability evaluation of concrete beams exposed to fire

Tulio Coelho, Sofia Diniz, Francisco Rodrigues, Ruben Van Coile

This paper aims to investigate the state of the art for the reliability evaluation of reinforced concrete beams in a fire situation. Special emphasis is placed on addressing which…