This paper aims to analyze the thermal behavior and residual mechanical properties of concrete hollow-blocks structural masonry and its component materials in fire situation using experimental investigation. Compression tests were carried out on blocks, prisms and small walls at room temperature and after being exposed for 70 minutes to the ISO 834 Standard Fire. The test at high temperatures was run using a furnace powered by natural gas and instrumented with thermocouples to measure temperatures in the specimens. The influence of the initial concrete strength on masonry behavior was evaluated considering the use of blocks with different strengths at room temperature. In addition, exposure to fire was also investigated considering masonry elements with no coverings and submitted to two different fire exposure conditions: one or both sides. The results indicate a substantial loss in the masonry load capacity at high temperatures, especially in cases of fire exposure on both sides, where the residual compressive strength resulted, on average, between 20% and 27% for the blocks and approximately 14% for prisms and small walls. Its performance with fire heating up on only one face is much higher, with an average residual masonry strength equal to 46% compared to its strength at room temperature. The obtained results are also useful for evaluating masonry regarding the integrity and thermal insulation criteria, the latter achieved with little over 60 minutes of testing.

Sobre perfis de aço formados a frio compostos por dupla cantoneira com seção "T" submetidos à compressão. Dissertação (Mestrado)

Resumo A segurança das edificações contra incêndios é um dos requisitos a serem considerados no dimensionamento estrutural, uma vez que o aumento da temperatura causa a redução das propriedades mecânicasdos materiais. No entanto, as normas brasileiras atuais voltadas à alvenaria estrutural não contemplam a ação térmica, sendo necessária a consulta a normas estrangeiras, cujos parâmetros são definidos conforme os materiais utilizados em seus países. Nesse sentido, o presente trabalho objetiva analisar numericamente o isolamento térmico de paredes de alvenaria estrutural de blocos de concreto com base em comparações com resultados experimentais apresentados em Dupim (2019). Como estratégia, foram calibradas as propriedades térmicas dos materiais de acordo com os limites propostos pelo Eurocode e inseridas curvas de evolução de temperatura nas faces externas e internas dos blocos. Os modelos numéricos desenvolvidos permitem obter resultados de evolução de temperatura ao longo da seção transversal, tendo apresentado boa correlação com os resultados experimentais. Considerando paredes com 14 cm de espessura, o tempo de resistência ao fogo quanto ao critério de isolamento térmico entre ambientes resultou igual a 60 min, valor próximo dos 62 min obtido experimentalmente.

Here-in, a numerical analysis based on the Finite Element Method (FEM) is proposed in order to investigate cold-formed steel back-to-back double angle structural behavior under compression. Considering non-linear analysis, an investigation was performed to analyze the influence of some aspects, such as the loading condition (concentric and eccentric axial compression), the boundary conditions, the global slenderness, the global and local geometric imperfections, the angle thickness and the number of packing plates. The numerical results signalize that the compression strength obtained in accordance with the standards ABNT NBR 14762:2010 and ANSI/AISI S100 (2012) may be quite conservative, mainly in the lower global slenderness cases. Additionally, the connection spacing (bolted connection with stitch plates in-between the angles) and the presence of a connection at mid-length change the buckling mode, as well as cause a significantly increase in the axial compression strength of the member. The numerical analysis also indicates that the design proposed by ABNT NBR 8800:2008 for the case involving angles under compression connected by one flap can also be applied to cold formed steel angles.

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