... masonry, reinforced concrete (RC), steel and mixed structures. Structural damage and failure mechanisms were systematically identified, documented and categorized based on severity and construction materials. Observations from site inspections were then critically compared with the Canadian National Guide...

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...H.M. Iqbal Mahmud; Autri Mandal; Sudip Nag; Khalid A.M. Moinuddin Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the performance of fire protective materials in protecting steel section. A new indexing system is introduced, named as fire endurance index (FEI), which can be used to evaluate...

...Andrei Kervalishvili; Ivar Talvik Purpose This paper aims to reliability analysis of axially loaded steel columns at elevated temperatures considering the probabilistic features of fire. Design/methodology/approach The response function used in the reliability analysis is based on the non...

...Waldemar Weisheim; Peter Schaumann; Lisa Sander; Jochen Zehfuß Purpose This paper aims to deal with the experimental and numerical investigations of the fire protection performance of a waterborne intumescent coating (IC) on structural steel in case of natural fires. Based on own small-scale...

...Richard Walls; Celeste Viljoen; Hennie de Clercq Purpose This paper aims to provide a parametric investigation into the behaviour of steel, concrete and composite beams exposed to fire. This investigation gives insight into the structural behaviour of elements experiencing thermal and mechanical...

...Mai Häßler; Dustin Häßler; Sascha Hothan; Simone Krüger Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of intumescent coating on tension rod systems and their components. Steel tension rod systems consist of tension rods, fork end connectors and associated intersection...

... to present the results of a numerical study on the behavior of CFT columns with restrained thermal elongation in case of fire. Design/methodology/approach The parameters tested in the numerical simulations included column slenderness, load level, surrounding structure stiffness and steel reinforcement...

...Ali Shrih; Adeeb Rahman; Mustafa Mahamid Purpose Heavy hex structural bolts have been used in a wide range of steel structures for many years. However, these structures remain susceptible to fire damage. Conducting fire experiments on full-scale steel structures is costly and requires specialized...

...Ali Shrih; Adeeb Rahman; Mustafa Mahamid Purpose Nuts and bolts have been used as fasteners of steel structures for many years. However, these structures remain susceptible to fire damage. While conducting fire experiments on steel structures is sometimes necessary, to better understand...

...Sana El Kalash; Elie Hantouche Purpose This paper aims at developing a mechanical-based model for predicting the thermally induced axial forces and rotation of steel top and seat angles connections with and without web angles subjected to elevated temperatures due to fire. Finite element (FE...

...Luis Laím; João Paulo C. Rodrigues Purpose This paper is mainly aimed at the structural performance of compound cold-formed galvanised steel beams under fire conditions based on the results of a large programme of experimental tests and numerical simulations. The main objective of this research...

...Joao Paulo C. Rodrigues; Luis Laim; Hélder David Craveiro Purpose This paper aims to present the results of a study on the behaviour of cold-formed galvanized steel beams subjected to fire, using the results of a large programme of experimental tests. Design/methodology/approach The research...

...Neno Toric; Rui Rui Sun; Ian W. Burgess Purpose This paper aims to propose a methodology to remove inherent implicit creep from the Eurocode 3 material model for steel and to present a creep-free analysis on simply supported steel members. Design/methodology/approach Most of the available...

...Peter Schaumann; Florian Tabeling; Waldemar Weisheim Purpose This paper aims to present numerical investigations regarding the heating behaviour of steel elements protected by an intumescent coating with an adjacent trapezoidal steel sheet. Design/methodology/approach For this purpose, a three...

...Jean-Marc Franssen; Bin Zhao; Thomas Gernay Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain from experimental tests an insight into the failure mode of slender steel columns subjected to fire. The tests will also be used to validate a numerical model. Design/methodology/approach A series...

...N. Torić; A. Harapin; I. Boko The paper presents an application of a newly developed implicit procedure for including steel creep strain into structural fire analysis through modelling a series of stationary fire tests. An implicit modelling procedure is incorporated into customized structural fire...

.... The railway bridge has a width of nearly 70 meters and consists of steel beams and a massive concrete slab that are supported by massive columns and walls and for that reason can be compared to a tunnel. The load-bearing structure of the roof of the hangars is made of steel and is supported by steel columns...

... characterization of the uncertain parameters in the system, (2) a stochastic model for the thermo-structural response, and (3) a limit state function that describes the failure of the system. The study focuses on assessing the failure probability of a protected steel beam under natural fire exposure. The system...

... per member. 287 Analysis of Steel Structures in Fire with Force-Based Frame Elements Ann E. Jeffers1 and Elisa D. Sotelino2 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. email: jffrs@umich.edu 2Civil Engineering Department, PUC-Rio Pontifical...