FIRE DESIGN OF STEEL MEMBERS - Civil and Natural Resources ...
FIRE DESIGN OF STEEL MEMBERS - Civil and Natural Resources ...
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3.1.1 Determination of Period of Structural Adequacy (PSA): ....................................35<br />
3.1.2 Variation of Mechanical Properties of Steel with Temperature:.........................36<br />
3.1.3 Determination of Limiting Steel Temperature:....................................................42<br />
3.1.4 Temperature rise of unprotected steel: ................................................................43<br />
3.1.5 Temperature rise of protected steel: ....................................................................44<br />
3.1.6 Determination of PSA from a single test: ............................................................46<br />
3.1.7 Special Considerations:.......................................................................................47<br />
4 CALCULATION <strong>OF</strong> <strong>STEEL</strong> TEMPERATURES FOR UNPROTECTED <strong>STEEL</strong> –<br />
ISO <strong>FIRE</strong>: ................................................................................................................................51<br />
4.1 INTRODUCTION: ............................................................................................................51<br />
4.1.1 Assumptions .........................................................................................................52<br />
4.1.2 Analysis Between Methods of Temperature Evaluation: .....................................53<br />
4.2 RESULTS FOR FOUR SIDED EXPOSURE: ........................................................................54<br />
Results from a simulation with the SAFIR programme: ...................................................54<br />
4.2.2 Unprotected steel beam with four sided exposure:..............................................57<br />
4.2.3 Comparison with NZS 3404 <strong>and</strong> ECCS formulas for four sided exposure:.........59<br />
4.3 RESULTS FOR THREE SIDED EXPOSURE:.......................................................................63<br />
4.3.1 Results from simulations with the SAFIR programme:........................................65<br />
4.3.2 Unprotected steel beam with three sided exposure: ............................................68<br />
4.3.3 Comparison with NZS 3404 <strong>and</strong> ECCS formulas for three sided exposure: .......71<br />
4.4 COMPARISONS WITH OTHER FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAMMES:....................................75<br />
4.4.1 Comparison of <strong>FIRE</strong>S-T2 with SAFIR:................................................................75<br />
4.4.2 Comparison with Firecalc:..................................................................................77<br />
4.5 CONCLUSIONS:..............................................................................................................78<br />
5 CALCULATION <strong>OF</strong> <strong>STEEL</strong> TEMPERATURES FOR PROTECTED <strong>STEEL</strong> –<br />
ISO <strong>FIRE</strong>: ................................................................................................................................81<br />
5.1 INTRODUCTION: ............................................................................................................81<br />
5.1.1 Assumptions:........................................................................................................81<br />
5.2 RESULTS FOR FOUR SIDED EXPOSURE WITH HEAVY PROTECTION:.............................82<br />
5.2.1 Results from a simulation with the SAFIR programme: ......................................83<br />
5.2.2 Heavily Protected Beam with Four Sided Exposure: ..........................................85<br />
5.2.3 Comparison with the ECCS equation:.................................................................88<br />
5.3 RESULTS FOR FOUR SIDED EXPOSURE WITH LIGHT PROTECTION:................................91<br />
5.3.1 Lightly Protected Beams with Four Sided Exposure:..........................................92<br />
5.3.2 Comparison with the ECCS Formula:.................................................................97<br />
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