[en] After a fire in a building, questions arise regarding the post-fire fire capacity of the structure. Assessment of post-fire capacity of structural elements should consider the residual safety level which, in the absence of codification, requires performing a full probabilistic analysis. Therefore, an easy-to-use method is presented which allows to make a probabilistic calculation, using only analytical formulas and a pre-calculated graph. The method is applied to a real case study, consisting of a fire that took place in an apartment building in Belgium, indicating sufficient load bearing capacity for further use.
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Author, co-author :
Molkens, Tom; StuBeCo
Gernay, Thomas ; Université de Liège > Département ArGEnCo > Ingénierie du feu
Van Coile, Ruben; Ghent University > Department of Structural Engineering
Language :
English
Title :
Post-fire assessment of concrete structures. Safe for continued use?
