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Fire Performance of Columns made of Normal and High Strength Concrete: A Comparative Analysis
Gernay, Thomas
2016In Key Engineering Materials, 711, p. 564-571
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Keywords :
Fire; Column; High Strength Concrete; Tall Building; Numerical Analysis; SAFIR
Abstract :
[en] The use of high strength concrete (HSC) in multi-story buildings has become increasingly popular. Selection of HSC over normal strength concrete (NSC) allows for reducing the dimensions of the columns sections. However, this reduction has consequences on the structural performance in case of fire, as smaller cross sections lead to faster temperature increase in the section core. Besides, HSC experiences higher rates of strength loss with temperature and a higher susceptibility to spalling than NSC. The fire performance of a column can thus be affected by selecting HSC over NSC. This research performs a comparison of the fire performance of HSC and NSC columns, based on numerical simulations by finite element method. The thermal and structural analyses of the columns are conducted with the software SAFIR®. The variation of concrete strength with temperature for the different concrete classes is adopted from Eurocode. Different configurations are compared, including columns with the same load bearing capacity and columns with the same cross section. The relative loss of load bearing capacity during the fire is found to be more pronounced for HSC columns than for NSC columns. The impact on fire resistance rating is discussed. These results suggest that consideration of fire loading limits the opportunities for use of HSC, especially when the objective is to reduce the dimensions of the columns sections.
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Author, co-author :
Gernay, Thomas ;  Université de Liège > Département ArGEnCo > Ingénierie du feu
Language :
English
Title :
Fire Performance of Columns made of Normal and High Strength Concrete: A Comparative Analysis
Publication date :
September 2016
Journal title :
Key Engineering Materials
ISSN :
1013-9826
eISSN :
1662-9795
Publisher :
Trans Tech Publications, Aedermannsdorf, Switzerland
Volume :
711
Pages :
564-571
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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