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Author
Kodur, V. K. R.
Title
Achieving Fire Resistance in Steel Columns Through Concrete Filling.
Coporate
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Journal
Concrete Engineering International, Vol. 8, No. 4, 50-53, Winter 2004
Report
NRCC-47620
Keywords
steel columns | fire resistance | concretes | steel structure | reinforced concretes | fire protection | equations | case histories
Identifiers
Hollow Structural Section (HSS); effect of concrete-filling on fire resistance; plain concrete; bar reinforced concrete; steel fiber reinforced concrete
Abstract
Results from experimental and theoretical studies indicate that required fire resistance, in the practical region, can be obtained for hollow structural steel columns filled with three types of concrete-filling: plain concrete, bar reinforced concrete and steel fibre reinforced concrete. Case studies illustrating the use of concrete-filling, as a means of providing fire protection, to hollow steel columns are presented for the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington and a school building in Hamilton, Ontario.