Journal of Structural Fire Engineering: Volume 13 Issue 2

Experimental study on fire resistance of a full-scale composite floor assembly in a two-story steel framed building

Lisa Choe, Selvarajah Ramesh, Xu Dai, Matthew Hoehler, Matthew Bundy

The purpose of this paper is to report the first of four planned fire experiments on the 9.1 × 6.1 m steel composite floor assembly as part of the two-story steel framed building…

Shear resistance of sandwich panel connection at elevated temperature

Kamila Cábová, Marsel Garifullin, Ashkan Shoushtarian Mofrad, František Wald, Kristo Mela, Yvonne Ciupack

Sandwich construction has developed and has become an integral part of lightweight construction. In the recent projects, it has been shown that by using sandwich panels as…

Fire buckling curves for torsionally sensitive steel members subjected to axial compression

Luca Possidente, Nicola Tondini, Jean-Marc Battini

Buckling should be carefully considered in steel assemblies with members subjected to compressive stresses, such as bracing systems and truss structures, in which angles and…

Effects of faults in the application of fire retardants in correlation with the efficiency of fire retardant materials on fire performance

Eva Lubloy, David Istvan Enczel, Lajos Gábor Takács, Zsolt Cimer, András Biró

Fire protection regulations are difficult to comply with in the case of wooden structures because of the fact that wood is a combustible material. The fire protection of wood can…

Improvement of fire door design using experimental and numerical modelling investigations

Mohamed A. Khalifa, Mohamed A. Aziz, Mohamed Hamza, Saber Abdo, Osama A. Gaheen

Fire door should withstand a high temperature without deforming. In the current paper, the challenges of improving the behaviour of the conventional fire door were described using…

Fire resistance of stainless steel slender elliptical hollow section beam-columns

Flávio Alexandre Matias Arrais, Nuno Lopes, Paulo Vila Real

Stainless steel has different advantages when compared to conventional carbon steel. The corrosion resistance and aesthetic appearance are the most known; however, its better…

Ductile connection to improve the fire performance of bare-steel and composite frames

Yu Liu, Shan-Shan Huang, Ian Burgess

In order to improve the robustness of bare-steel and composite structures in fire, a novel axially and rotationally ductile connection has been proposed in this paper.