- Author
- Jeanes, D. C.
- Title
- Review of the Analytical Approach to the Design of Steel Structures Exposed to a Fire Environment. DRAFT.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- Draft, November 1979, 214 p.
- Keywords
- steel structures | exposure | analytical studies | design applications | fire endurance | structural stability
- Identifiers
- analytical design
- Abstract
- A review has been made of the available research papers and reports dealing with the development of design methods for steel structural frames exposed to fire. This project was prompted by the interest of the steel industry in the devlopment of a more rational design approach for evaluating the performance of building structures at elevated temperatures. Present practice in the design profesion has been based almost exclusively on test methods and criteria evolving out of research conducted during the early part of this century. Advances in the fire sciences over the past two decades, however, now provide a clearer understanding of the combustion process and its effect on the material properties of the structure.