Journal of Structural Fire Engineering: Volume 5 Issue 3

High-Temperature Creep Buckling Phenomenon of Steel Columns Subjected to Fire

Mohammed Morovat, Michael Engelhardt, Todd Helwig, Eric Taleff

This paper presents highlights of on-going research, which aims at developing analytical, computational and experimental predictions of the phenomenon of creep buckling in steel…

Artificial Neural Networks for the Spalling Classification & Failure Prediction Times of High Strength Concrete Columns

John McKinney, Faris Ali

This paper presents the results from two supervised Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) developed for the spalling classification and failure prediction of high strength concrete…

Testing of Full-scale RC Frame under Simulated Fire Following Earthquake

Umesh Sharma, Virendra Kumar, Praveen Kamath, Bhupinder Singh, Pradeep Bhargava, Yogendra Singh, Asif Usmani, Jose Torero, Martin Gillie, Pankaj Pankaj

In present study, a full-scale testing of reinforced concrete (RC) frame sub-assemblage has been investigated under fire subsequent to simulated seismic loading. First part of the…

Preventive Effects of Fibers on Spalling of UFC at High Temperatures

Mitsuo Ozawa, Zhou Bo, Yuichi Uchida, Hiroaki Morimoto

This paper investigates the relationship between spalling behavior and weight loss for ultra-high-strength fiber-reinforced concrete (UFC) containing different types short fibers…

Steel Ring-Based Restraint of HSC Explosive Spalling in High Temperature Environments

Toru Tanibe, Mitsuo Ozawa, Ryota Kamata, Keitetsu Rokugo

This paper reports on an experimental study regarding the behavior of restrained high-strength concrete in response to the type of extreme heating associated with fire. The study…

Mechanical Properties of Undamaged and Damaged Steel Rebars at Elevated Temperatures

Praveen Kamath, Umesh Sharma, Pradeep Bhargava, N. Bhandari, Asif Usmani

Evaluation of mechanical properties of undamaged and damaged steel rebars at elevated temperature finds its applications in development of steel material models likely to be used…

Thermal Performance of Load Bearing Cold-formed Steel Walls under Fire Conditions using Numerical Studies

Poologanathan Keerthan, Mahen Mahendran

Cold-formed Light gauge Steel Frame (LSF) wall systems are increasingly used in low-rise and multi-storey buildings and hence their fire safety has become important in the design…