Steel and Composite Structures: Behaviour and Design for Fire Safety

Wang, Y. C.

ISBN 10: 0415244366 / ISBN 13: 9780415244367

Published by Spon Press, 2002

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:9780415244367.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Steel and Composite Structures: Behaviour and Design for Fire Safety
• Publisher: Spon Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415244366
• ISBN 13: 9780415244367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 800 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Engineering

About this title

Synopsis

Steel and Composite Structures: Behaviour and Design for Fire Safety presents a systematic and thorough description of the behaviour of steel and composite structures in fire, and shows how design methods are developed to quantify our understanding.
Quantitative descriptions of fire behaviour, heat transfer in construction elements and structural analysis using numerical methods are all addressed and existing codes and standards for steel and composite fire safety design are critically examined. Using a comprehensive and systematic description of structural fire safety engineering principles, the author explains and illustrates the important difference between the behaviour of isolated structural elements and whole structures under fire conditions.
This book is a vital source of information to structural and fire engineers. It will also be of considerable interest and value to students and researchers in this field.

About the Author

Y.C. Wang was a Professor and worked for eight years at the Building Research Establishment (including as a core member of the BRE team that carried out the Cardington structural fire tests) prior to joining the University of Manchester in 1997. His main research interests are structural and fire engineering, steel and composite structures and fire protection materials and systems. He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers and the UK's Higher Education Academy. He is the Leader of the Structural & Fire Engineering theme.