- Author
- Cooke, G. M. E.
- Title
- Resisting Collapse of Steel-Faced Sandwich Panel Walls and Ceilings Exposed to Fire.
- Coporate
- City University, London, England
- Journal
- Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 4, 275-290, November 2008
- Keywords
- sandwich panels | panel walls | ceilings | structural engineering | fire risk assessment | building collapse | scenarios | fire walls | structural stability | equations | geometry | temperature | exposure | wind direction | wind effects | pressure
- Identifiers
- catenary force; equation relating mid-span bow to axial end displacement; dead load of the face and core; hazard of unseen fire above the ceiling; practical design of support for ceiling panels (in fire condition); fire exposure from below the ceiling; fire exposure from avove the ceiling; free-standing internal fire walls; dead loading; wind loading; snow loading