This book presents a comprehensive overview of the fire resistance of building structures, and brings together a large volume of material from many sources on this increasingly important topic.

Structural Design for Fire Safety provides expert guidance on:

• Interpreting code requirements for fire safety
• Understanding the concepts of fire severity and fire resistance
• Estimating time-temperature curves for fully developed compartment fires
• Understanding the behavior of structural elements and buildings exposed to fires
• Designing steel, concrete and timber structures to resist fire exposure
• Assessing the fire performance of existing structures
• And more!

Contents

1. Fire Safety in Buildings
   • Fire Safety Objectives
   • Process of Fire Development
   • Conceptual Framework for Fire Safety
   • Fire Resistance
   • Controlling Fire Spread
   • Building Construction for Fire Safety

2. Fire and Heat
   • Fuels
   • Combustion
   • Fire Initiation
   • Burning Objects
   • t-squared Fires
   • Pre-flashover Design Fires
   • Heat Transfer

3. Room Fires
   • Pre-flashover fires
   • Flashover
   • Post-flashover Fires
   • Design Fires
   • Other Factors

4. Fire Severity
   • Fire Severity and Fire Resistance
   • Fire Severity
   • Standard Fire
   • Equivalent Fire Severity

5. Fire Resistance
   • Fire Resistance
   • Assessing Fire Resistance
   • Fire-resistance Tests
   • Approved Fire-resistance Ratings
   • Fire Resistance by Calculation
   • Fire Resistance of Assemblies

6. Design of Structures Exposed to Fire
   • Structural Design at Normal Temperatures
   • Structural Design in Fire Conditions
   • Material Properties in Fire
   • Design of Individual Members Exposed to Fire
   • Design of Structural Assemblies Exposed to Fire

7. Steel Structures
   • Behaviour of Steel Structures in Fire
   • Fire-resistance Ratings
   • Steel Temperatures
   • Protection Systems
   • Mechanical Properties of Steel at Elevated Temperature
   • Design of Steel Members Exposed to Fire
   • Design of Steel Buildings Exposed to Fire

8. Concrete Structures
   • Behaviour of Concrete Structures in Fire
   • Fire-resistance Ratings
   • Concrete and Reinforcing Temperatures
   • Mechanical Properties of Concrete at Elevated Temperatures
   • Design of Concrete Members Exposed to Fire
   • Composite Steel-Concrete Construction Exposed to Fire

9. Timber Structures
   • Description of Timber Construction
   • Fire-resistance Ratings
   • Wood Temperatures
   • Mechanical Properties of Wood
   • Design Concepts for Heavy Timber Exposed to Fire
   • Design of Heavy Timber Members Exposed to Fire
   • Behaviour of Timber Connections in Fire

10. Light Frame Construction
    • Description
    • Fire Behaviours
    • Fire-resistance Ratings
    • Properties of Gypsum Plaster Board
    • Temperatures Within Light Frame Assemblies
    • Structural Behaviour
    • Design of Light Frame Structures in Fire
    • Construction Details
    • Lightweight Sandwich Panels

11. Design Recommendations
    • Summary of Main Points
    • Summary for Main Materials
    • Thermal Analysis

Appendices

1. Units and Conversion Factors
2. Fire Load Energy Densities
3. Section Property Tables for Steel Beams
4. Generic Fire-Resistance Ratings for Reinforced Concrete

Index

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