- Author
- Zhang, N. S. | Li, G. Q.
- Title
- New Method to Analyze the Membrane Action of Composite Floor Slabs in Fire Condition.
- Coporate
- State University of New York at Buffalo, NY Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 46, No. 1, 3-18, January 2010
- Keywords
- floor slabs | membranes | fire resistance | fire tests | composite materials | steel structures | load capacity | equations | deflection | concretes | verification
- Identifiers
- full-scale, eight-storey, steel framed building; Building Research Establishment Laboratory, Cardington; fire performance of steel-concrete composite floor; load capacity of simply supported composite floor slabs; membrane action in floor slab; modeling membrane action; equilibrium of forces and bending moments in the slab; ultimate load capacity of slab; check the strenght of the concrete compression ring; base situation of test slabs; comparison of maximum deflections between measured and predicted; compar