- Author
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Lamont, S.
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Lane, B.
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Flint, G.
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Usmani, A.
- Title
- Behavior of Structures in Fire and Real Design: A Case Study.
- Coporate
- Arup Fire, Ove Arup and Partners, London, England
Edinburgh Univ., Scotland
- Journal
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Journal of Fire Protection Engineering,
Vol. 16,
No. 1,
5-35,
February 2006
- Keywords
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structures
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structural engineering
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structural response
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fire protection engineering
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thermal expansion
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structural design
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fire tests
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fire resistance tests
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high rise buildings
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office buildings
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failure criteria
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surface temperature
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steel beams
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columns
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regulations
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building codes
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deflection
- Identifiers
- design fires; performance-based design; prescriptive design; approvals process; behavior of composite steel-concrete structures in fire; direct comparison between the structural response of an eleven-story office building in the city of London; addresses the issues raised by approving authorities, insurers, and the client; whole frame behavior; composite frame structures; global Finite Element (FE) models; material models; global model 1 and 9 m spans; proposed structure with unprotected secondary steel beams in response to the standard fire; 'Short Hot' fire; 'Short Hot' fire with secondary beams protected between columns; 'Long Cool' fire; 'Long Cool' fire with secondary beams protected between columns; connection modeling at the floor to the core boundary