Fire test; Composite floor; Cellular beam; Membrane action; SAFIR
Abstract :
[en] This paper describes a full scale fire test performed the 27th of February 2010 on a
composite floor for analysing the possibility of tensile membrane action to develop when
the unprotected steel beams in the central part of the floor are made of cellular beams.
The natural fire was created by a wood crib fire load of 700 MJ/m2 and the 9 × 15 m
floor survived the fire that peaked at 1000°C and lasted for 90 minutes.
Blind predictions of the air temperature development by the software OZone and of
the structural behaviour by the software SAFIR which proved quite satisfactory are also
described.
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Author, co-author :
Vassart, Olivier; ArcelorMittal R&D
Bailey, C. G.; University of Manchester > School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Hawes, M.; ASD Westok Limited
Nadjai, A.; University of Ulster
Simms, W. I.; The Steel Construction Institute
Zhao, B.; CTICM
Gernay, Thomas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur SE > Ingénierie du feu
Franssen, Jean-Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur SE > Ingénierie du feu
Language :
English
Title :
Large-Scale Fire Test of Unprotected Cellular Beam Acting in Membrane Action
Publication date :
December 2011
Journal title :
Journal of Structural Fire Engineering
ISSN :
2040-2317
Publisher :
Multi-Science Publishing, Brentwood, United Kingdom
Volume :
2
Issue :
4
Pages :
259-268
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
FICEB
Funders :
RFCS - European Commission. Research Fund for Coal and Steel
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