Towards harmonized standard fire resistance testing

Thomson, George H.; Preston, R. R.

doi:10.1016/s0379-7112(96)00054-9

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“…Many experimental and numerical investigations have been carried out studying various aspects of the standard fire resistance test. Thomson and Preston [4] examined the variations in heating rates of furnaces considering differences in furnace construction, fuel, and mode of operation. The variation seen in some of these parameters significantly affected the heating rate, which, in turn, impacted the assigned fire resistance time or rating.…”

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Thermo-mechanical Analysis of Fire Doors Subjected to a Fire Endurance Test

Tabaddor

Gandhi

Jones

2009

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering

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Fires doors are subjected to standard fire tests as a means of evaluating fire resistance. In this study, the thermal and mechanical response of steel double fire doors exposed to high temperatures was modeled using finite element software. The model included the necessary complexity of the product and test setup along with the temperature dependency of the constituent materials. For the thermal solution, a transient analysis was carried out while for the mechanical solution, it was found that a nonlinear steady state analysis was sufficient to capture the qualitative behavior of the fire doors seen during the test. The challenges of validating a numerical model with the limited data available from the standard fire test are described.

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Thermo-mechanical Analysis of Fire Doors Subjected to a Fire Endurance Test

Tabaddor

Gandhi

Jones

2009

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering

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“…In addition, the testing of structural members that contain combustible materials can directly influence the temperature readings from the thermocouples as they may be surrounded by flames from the burning test specimen, and not measuring only the furnace temperature prescribed by the standard [19] . These characteristics were reported to have led to a 30% difference in the assigned FRR of an identical test specimen based on tests from two different furnaces in the UK [41] .…”

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Performance-Based Design of Structural Steel for Fire Conditions

Parkinson¹,

Kodur²,

Sullivan³

2008

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As jurisdictions throughout the world progress toward performance based building codes, it is important that the proper tools be made available to the engineering profession in order that they may take full advantage of these new codes. There is currently a large body of work written on the subject of performance based or engineered structural fire safety. Unfortunately, most of this information is scattered throughout technical journals from different countries and organizations, and not easily accessible to the practicing engineer. Degree that has not been without difficulties. However, through the technical guidance of many I have finally reached the end. Many thanks are offered to Professor Jonathan Barnett who acted as advisor on this project and who provided much needed course corrections on numerous occasions. Thanks are also extended to Barbara Lane with Ove Arup Partnership in the UK who provided some insight into the "real life" application of these methods, and to the ASCE/SEI Committee on Special Design Issues: Fire Protection who originally conceived of this project. Also thanks are extended to Jimmie Inch who brought this engineer Structural Engineering 101. Last and by no means least, my family, and in particular my wife, who has endured while I have been "absent" for many long hours. iii

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“…Furthermore, even with precise control of the furnace, there are still some factors such as differences in furnace construction, fuel used and mode of operation that can cause variation in the effective heat flux at the surface of the test specimen [20].…”

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Temperature development in structural stainless steel sections exposed to fire

Gardner

2006

Fire Safety Journal

122

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The initial material cost of structural stainless steel is about four times that of structural carbon steel, due largely to the expense of the alloying elements and the relatively low volume of production. Given broadly similar structural performance, additional areas of benefit need to be identified and exploited in order to establish stainless steel as a viable alternative material for construction. In addition to the familiar benefits of corrosion resistance, low maintenance, high residual value and aesthetics, one such area is fire resistance. The mechanical and thermal properties of stainless steel differ from those of carbon steel due to variation in chemical composition between the materials. A comparison of these properties for austenitic stainless steel with those for structural carbon steel is presented herein, and implications of the differences explored.Accurate and efficient determination of the temperature development within a structural member upon subjection to fire is paramount. In this paper, comparisons of temperature development in structural stainless steel sections are made between existing test results, numerical simulations and the simple calculation model of

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Towards harmonized standard fire resistance testing

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Thermo-mechanical Analysis of Fire Doors Subjected to a Fire Endurance Test

Thermo-mechanical Analysis of Fire Doors Subjected to a Fire Endurance Test

Performance-Based Design of Structural Steel for Fire Conditions

Temperature development in structural stainless steel sections exposed to fire

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