- Author
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Pettersson, O.
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Magnusson, S. E.
- Title
- Rational Approach to Fire Engineering Design of Steel Buildings.
- Coporate
- Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden
- Report
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LUTVDG/TVBB-3002,
- Book or Conf
- Society for Fire Protection and the National Bureau of Standards. Engineering Applications of Fire Technology Workshop Proceedings. April 16-18, 1980.,
Society for Fire Protection Engineers, Boston, MA,
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD,
Nelson, H. E., Editors,
185-194 p.,
1983
- Keywords
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steels
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buildings
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load bearing elements
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structural engineering
- Abstract
- This paper presents an analytical approach to the fire engineering design of load-bearing structures and partitions. The method, which is based on the natural fire concept and strictly defined structural requirements and performance criteria, has been used in Sweden for about ten years.