- Author
- Cameron, N. J. K. | Usmani, A. S.
- Title
- Ultimate Capacity of Composite Floor Slabs at the Fire Limit State.
- Coporate
- University of Edinburgh, UK
- Book or Conf
- Designing Structures for Fire. Proceedings. Co-Sponsored by: Society of Fire Protection Engieners and Structural Engineering Institute. September 30-October 1, 2003, DEStech Publications, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 217-226 p., 2003
- Keywords
- structures | building design | slabs (members) | floors | concretes | thermal expansion | scenarios | temperature distribution | stress (mechanics) | equationsYrd | failure
- Identifiers
- composite floors in fire; thermal bowing; ultimate capacity; determination of the slab deflection profile and stress state; thermal loading; solution and calculation of stresses and strains; determination of the ultimate membrane capacity; results of two load cases for the design example; effect of secondary beams on limit capacity of slab under Load Case 1