- Author
- Purkiss, J. A.
- Title
- Fire Safety Engineering: Design of Structures. 2nd Edition.
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Engineering Design of Structures. Second (2nd) Edition, Purkiss, J. A., Editors, 419 p., 2007
- Keywords
- fire safety | safety engineering | structures | building design | regulations | fire behavior | mterial properties | temperature | computation | concretes | steels | construction | timber | masonry | aluminium | plastics | glass | fire damage | maintenance | fire tests | fire resistance | fire severity | compartment fires | stress (mechanics) | columns | stainless steel | fire protection | slabs (members) | beams | concrete columns | floors | roofs | inspection
- Identifiers
- design philosophies; prescriptive approach; behavior of natural fires; properties of materials at elevated temperatures; calculation approach; design of concrete elements; composite construction; design of timber elements; frames; assessment and repair of fire-damaged structures
- Abstract
- Fire Safety Engineering: Design of Structures provides the knowledge needed to design a structure which will withstand the effects of fire. The book covers everything from design concerns and philosophies, regulatory control, the behaviour characteristics of natural fires through to the properties of different materials at elevated temperatures. Focusing on the fire sections of the Structural Eurocodes, the book provides detailed design advice on each of the main structural elements such as concrete, steel, composite steel-concrete, timber, and masonry, aluminium, plastics and glass. J. A Purkiss, Consultant, previously lectured Structural Engineering at Aston University. His main areas of research were the behaviour of concrete, concrete composite materials and concrete structures at elevated temperatures, the experimental determination of the effects of spalling and its modelling using coupled heat and mass transfer, the determination of the characteristics of fire damaged concrete structures.