Journal of Structural Fire Engineering: Volume 14 Issue 4

Numerical and experimental studies on sustainable alkali activated concretes at elevated temperatures

Subhash Yaragal, Chethan Kumar B., Manoj Uddavolu Abhinav

To reduce environmental impact caused by excessive use of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and to mitigate scarcity of base materials such as natural coarse aggregate (NCA)…

Structural fire performance of wood-steel-wood bolted connections with and without perpendicular-to-wood grain reinforcement

Adam Roman Petrycki, Osama (Sam) Salem

In fire condition, the time to failure of a timber connection is mainly reliant on the wood charring rate, the strength of the residual wood section, and the limiting temperature…

Study on optimum concrete cover thickness in RC beam and columns under high temperature

M. Vishal, K.S. Satyanarayanan

This study delineates the effect of cover thickness on reinforced concrete (RC) columns and beams under an elevated fire scenario. Columns and beams are important load-carrying…

Simulation of bolted connections under fire: optimization and model validation

Huseyin Saglik, Airong Chen, Rujin Ma

Beginners and even experienced ones have difficulties in completing the structural fire analysis due to numerical difficulties such as convergence errors and singularity and have…

Studies on the post cracking behaviour of Recycled Aggregate Concrete beams at elevated temperature

Vadiraj Rao, N. Suresh, G.P. Arun Kumar

The majority of previous studies made on Recycled Concrete Aggregates (RCA) are limited to the utilisation of non-structural grade concrete due to unfavourable physical…

Thermo-mechanical numerical analyses in support of fire endurance assessment of ordinary soda-lime structural glass elements

Chiara Bedon, Christian Louter

Glass material is largely used for load-bearing components in buildings. For this reason, standardized calculation methods can be used in support of safe structural design in…

Performance and microstructural investigations of processed lateritic fine aggregates in blended cement mortars exposed to elevated temperatures

S.N. Basavana Gowda, Subhash Yaragal, C. Rajasekaran, Sharan Kumar Goudar

In recent years, fire accidents in engineering structures have often been reported worldwide, leading to a severe risk to life and property safety. The present study is carried…

The partial fire protection of steel members: a comparative study

Jakub Šejna, Patrik Dobrovolný, František Wald

This paper provides a summary of the issues in the passive fire protection of steel structures. Types of passive fire protection and the material properties of protection members…

Bending strength of full-scale wide-flange steel beams considering strain rate effects at elevated temperatures

Kei Kimura, Takeshi Onogi, Naoya Yotsumoto, Fuminobu Ozaki

In this study, the effects of strain rate on the bending strength of full-scale wide-flange steel beams have been examined at elevated temperatures. Both full-scale loaded heating…