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The growing popularity of the use of cellular steel beams in composite floors comes at the same time as an increasing attention to the fire safety engineering design. The recommendation for their design in fire limit states remains very primitive and this is due to the lack of general research in this area. Four composite cellular steel beams were tested at the University of Ulster with two models of different steel geometries and loading conditions under monotonic loading and at elevated temperatures. This paper presents a finite element model and simple hand calculation methods to calculate the shear buckling at the web post, the bending resistance in fire, deflection and temperature distribution in the cross section of composite cellular beams.

This paper describes an experimental and numerical study at elevated temperatures on the behaviour of full scale composite floor cellular steel beams with circular and elongated web openings. A total of three specimens, comprising three different steel geometries and loading conditions were tested at elevated temperatures. Finite element models were established with both material and geometrical non-linearity to compare with the experimental results. This paper also demonstrates the capability of a developed simple design approach in comparison with numerical modelling, experimental tests and existing design software used by the Steel Construction Institute (SCI).

This paper presents a numerical study to predict the in-fire performance of slim floor system, composed of asymmetric steel beam, deep steel decking and in-situ concrete slab. The reliability of the proposed numerical model was verified by comparison with experimental results obtained for 4.2m beam tests. A pilot study was also conducted to examine the effect of the cross sectional modification of the steel section on performance enhancement of the model in fire.