Abstract
![CDATA[To simulate a fire inside large compartments, there is a pioneering method called ‘traveling fire’. As steel structures are vulnerable to high temperatures, they are normally fireproofed by insulation materials appropriate for a specific duration of time. An investigation is performed here to examine the robustness of a generic fourstory moment-resisting steel structure, fireproofed to comply with the one-hour standard curve, when it is subjected to traveling fire. The results show that while no collapse occurs during the 12.5%, 50% and 100%, the structure collapses under the 25% fire size at 75 min. This seems to be in contradiction with traditional belief, where it is assumed that taking into consideration a larger-scale fire in a compartment would increase the safety margin. The investigation performed also underlines that the fireproofing of structures does not necessarily provide adequate resistance under traveling fires.]]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Performance-based and Life-cycle Structural Engineering (PLSE 2015), 9-11 December 2015, Brisbane, Australia |
Publisher | University of Queensland |
Pages | 1069-1076 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781742721477 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Event | International Conference on Performance-based and Life-cycle Structural Engineering - Duration: 9 Dec 2015 → … |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Performance-based and Life-cycle Structural Engineering |
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Period | 9/12/15 → … |
Keywords
- steel, structural
- fires
- fireproofing
- high temperatures