...Ali Nadjai; Naveed Alam; Marion Charlier; Olivier Vassart; Xu Dai; Jean-Marc Franssen; Johan Sjostrom Purpose 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 which...

... rights only Composite floor Steel structure Fire resistance Compartment fire Large-scale fire testing The floor specimens in Table 1 consisted of concrete slabs cast in situ on light gauge steel decking with a trapezoidal profile, acting compositely with steel beams...

... the temperature of steel structural elements within reasonable limits on computational time, making it potentially desirable for practical applications. This paper also presents the first comparisons of FDS–SAFIR^® coupling with experimental results, highlighting promising outcomes. Figure 1...

...Morteza Jamshidi; Heydar Dashti NaserAbadi; Mohammadreza Oliaei Purpose The high heat induced by fire can substantially decrease the load-bearing capacity, which is more critical in unprotected steel structures than concrete reinforced structures. One of the conventional steel structures...

.... Proe can be contacted at: David.proe@umowlai.com.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Steel structure Cardington Three-dimensional frame Fire test This paper describes the results and analysis of a fire test...

... the actual state of the art of the application of reactive fire protection systems applied to steel structures. Physical and technical background information are provided. Furthermore, the latest scientific results of an on-going research project funded by the German National Institute of Building Technology...