- Author
- Nadjai, A. | O'Gara, M. | Ali, F. | Jurgen, R.
- Title
- Compartment Masonry Walls in Fire Situations.
- Coporate
- Ulster Univ., Belfast, Northern Ireland Civil and Structural Computer Services Ltd., UK
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 42, No. 3, 211-231, ['July 2006', '4th Quarter']
- Keywords
- walls | masonry | compartments | fire resistance | reinforced concretes | concrete slabs | scenarios | structural behavior | regulations | effectiveness | deflection | validation | temperature | scale models | temperature effects | failure modes | equations
- Identifiers
- behavior of masonry walls supporting a reinforced concrete slab; use various types of sub-assembly in predicting the structural behavior in fire; finite element program, called MasSET (Masonry Subject to Elevated Temperatures); mesh density convergence studies; selection of interface stiffness coefficients; full and half scale model; subframe analysis; loading conditions; failure times and temperature of each analysis