Fire Design of Steel Structures: EC1: Actions on structures; Part 1-2: Actions on structure exposed to fire; EC3: Design of steel structures; Part ... fire design (Eccs Eurocode Design Manuals) - Softcover

Franssen, Jean-Marc; Real, Paulo Vila

9783433031438: Fire Design of Steel Structures: EC1: Actions on structures; Part 1-2: Actions on structure exposed to fire; EC3: Design of steel structures; Part ... fire design (Eccs Eurocode Design Manuals)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3433031436 ISBN 13: 9783433031438

Publisher: Ernst & Sohn, 2016

This book explains and illustrates the rules that are given in the Eurocodes for designing steel structures subjected to fire. After the first introductory chapter, Chapter 2 explains how to calculate the mechanical actions (loads) in the fire situation based on the information given in EN 1990 and EN 1991. Chapter 3 is dedicated to the models which represent the thermal actions created by the fire. Chapter 4 describes the procedures to be used to calculate the temperature of the steelwork from the temperature of the compartment and Chapter 5 shows how the information given in EN 1993-1-2 is used to determine the load bearing capacity of the steel structure. Chapter 6 presents the essential features that characterize the advanced calculation models, for thermal and mechanical response. The methods used to evaluate the fire resistance of bolted and welded connections are described in Chapter 7. Chapter 8 describes a computer program called `Elefir-EN? which is based on the simple calculation model given in the Eurocode and allows designers to quickly and accurately calculate the performance of steel components in the fire situation. Chapter 9 looks at the issues that a designer may be faced with when assessing the fire resistance of a complete building. This is done via a case study and addresses most of the concepts presented in the previous chapters.
For this second edition the content has been revised and extended. The book contains some new sections, e.g. a comparison between the simple and the advanced calculation, as well as additional examples.

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About the Author:

Jean-Marc Franssen is Professor at the Department of Architecture, Geology, Environment and Construction of the University of Liege in Belgium. He is leading the group of fire safety engineering and is the Director of the Fire Resistance Laboratory. He is a member of the Technical Committee TC3 - Fire of ECCS. He founded the Structures in Fire (SiF) movement of which he is teh chairman of the Steering Committee. He was a member of the draft team of EN 1993-1-2.

Paulo Vila Real is Professor at the Dep. of Civil Engineering of the University of Aveiro in Portugal where he is the Director of the Fire Resistance Laboratory. He is a member of the Technical Committee TC3- Fire of ECCS and of the Steering Committee of the Structures in Fire (SiF) movement. In Portugal he is a member of the Technical Committee CT 115- Eurocodes where he was in charge of writing the National Annexes to the fire parts of the Eurocodes on actions, concrete, steel, composite and aluminium structures.

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