FIRE DESIGN OF STEEL MEMBERS - Civil and Natural Resources ...

Eurocode has a large annex with guidelines establishing the methods of designing
external steel members with regard to a fire compartment adjacent to the members
as covered in Section 7.2.6. The British Steel Code BS 5850:Part 8 also has
provisions for external steel work. It is recommended therefore that provisions are
included giving guidelines for the use of external steel, but is not really necessary
for them to be as detailed as included in EC3. BS 5950 suggests referring to texts
for more information on the methods to analyse the likely effects of internal flames
on the external steel members, but a simple method as listed in Section 7.2.6
should be adequate.
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