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Author
Spearpoint, M.
Title
Predicting the Temperatures of Steel Members in the Cardington Fire Tests Using the THELMA Finite Element Model.
Coporate
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Journal
Fire Technology, Vol. 37, No. 2, 109-128, ['2nd Quarter 2001', 'April 2001']
Keywords
steels | temperature profiles | large scale fire tests | experiments | corner tests | methodology | material properties | concretes | thermal properties | beams | columns
Identifiers
finite element analysis; steel frame; THELMA is a finite element package for solving two-dimensional thermal problems; Large Building Test Facility (LBTF), Cardington; BRE corner test; section dimensions; column analysis; outer surface at ambient temperature; outer surface at '1.0 m Away' temperature history