Structural Design for Fire Safety (KEBT0038)

Structural Design for Fire Safety

Contents:

1 Introduction

1.1 Objective and Target Audience

1.2 Fire Safety

1.3 Performance‐based Design

1.4 Structural Fire Engineering

1.5 Purpose of this Book

1.6 Units

1.7 Organization of Chapters

2 Fire Safety in Buildings

2.1 Fire Safety Objectives

2.2 Process of Fire Development

2.3 Conceptual Framework for Fire Safety

2.4 Fire Resistance

2.5 Controlling Fire Spread

2.6 Building Construction for Fire Safety

2.7 Assessment and Repair of Fire Damage

3 Fires and Heat

3.1 Fires in General

3.2 Combustion

3.3 Fire Initiation

3.3.3 Flame Spread

3.4 Pre‐flashover Fires

3.5 Flashover

3.6 Post‐flashover Fires

3.7 Design Fires

3.8 Other Factors

3.9 Heat Transfer

3.10 Worked Examples

4 Fire Severity and Fire Resistance

4.1 Providing Fire Resistance

4.2 Fire Severity

4.3 Equivalent Fire Severity

4.4 Fire Resistance

4.5 Fire Resistance Tests

4.6 Specifying Fire Resistance

4.7 Fire Resistance of Assemblies

4.8 Worked Examples

5 Design of Structures Exposed to Fire

5.1 Structural Design at Normal Temperatures

5.2 Loads

5.3 Structural Design in Fire Conditions

5.4 Material Properties in Fire

5.5 Design of Individual Members Exposed to Fire

5.6 Design of Structural Assemblies Exposed to Fire

5.7 Worked Examples

6 Steel Structures

6.1 Behaviour of Steel Structures in Fire

6.2 Steel Temperature Prediction

6.3 Protection Systems

6.4 Mechanical Properties of Steel at Elevated Temperature

6.5 Design of Steel Members Exposed to Fire

6.6 Bolted and Welded Connections

6.7 Cast‐iron Members

6.8 Design of Steel Buildings Exposed to Fire

6.9 Worked Examples

7 Concrete Structures

7.1 Behaviour of Concrete Structures in Fire

7.2 Concrete Materials in Fire

7.3 Spalling of Cover Concrete

7.4 Concrete and Steel Reinforcing Temperatures

7.5 Mechanical Properties of Concrete at Elevated Temperatures

7.6 Design of Concrete Members Exposed to Fire

7.7 Worked Examples

8 Composite Structures

8.1 Fire Resistance of Composite Elements

8.2 Assessing Fire Resistance

8.3 Behaviour and Design of Individual Composite

8.4 Design of Steel and Composite Buildings Exposed to Fire

8.5 Worked Example

9 Timber Structures

9.1 Description of Timber Construction

9.2 Wood Temperatures

9.3 Mechanical Properties of Wood

9.4 Charring Rate

9.5 Design for Fire Resistance of Heavy Timber Members

9.6 Timber Connections in Fire

9.7 Worked Examples

10 Light Frame Construction

10.1 Summary of Light Frame Construction

10.2 Gypsum Plaster Board

10.3 Fire Behaviour

10.4 Fire Resistance Ratings

10.5 Design for Separating Function

10.6 Design for Load‐bearing Capacity

10.7 Steel Stud Walls

10.8 Timber Joist Floors

10.9 Timber Trusses

10.10 Construction Details

10.11 Lightweight Sandwich Panels

11 Advanced Calculation Methods

11.1 Types of Advanced Calculation Methods

11.2 Fire Models

11.3 Thermal Response Models

11.4 Advanced Structural Models

11.5 Advanced Hand Calculation Methods

11.6 Finite Element Methods for Advanced Structural Calculations

11.7 Software Packages for Structural and Thermal Fire Analysis

12 Design Recommendations

12.1 Summary of Main Points

12.2 Summary for Main Materials

12.3 Thermal Analysis

12.4 Conclusions