Large-scale fire test of unprotected cellular beam acting in membrane action

O. Vassart; C. G. Bailey; M. Hawes; A. Nadjai; W. I. Simms; B. Zhao; T. Gernay; J. M. Franssen

Large-scale fire test of unprotected cellular beam acting in membrane action

O. Vassart, C. G. Bailey, M. Hawes, A. Nadjai, W. I. Simms, B. Zhao, T. Gernay, J. M. Franssen

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This paper describes a full scale fire test performed recently on a composite floor for analysing the possibility of tensile membrane action to develop when the unprotected steel beams in the central part of the floor are made of cellular beams. The natural fire was created by a wood crib fire load of 700 MJ/m2 and the 9 x 15 m floor survived the fire that peaked at 1000°C and lasted for 90 minutes. Blind predictions of the air temperature development by the software Ozone and of the structural behaviour by the software SAFIR which proved quite satisfactory are also described. (Figure Presented).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Structures in Fire - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference, SiF'10\|Struct. Fire - Proc. Int. Conf., SiF
Pages	398-406
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	6th International Conference on Structures in Fire, SiF'10 - East Lansing, MI Duration: 1 Jul 2010 → …

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Conference	6th International Conference on Structures in Fire, SiF'10
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Period	1/07/10 → …

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Vassart, O, Bailey, CG, Hawes, M, Nadjai, A, Simms, WI, Zhao, B, Gernay, T & Franssen, JM 2010, Large-scale fire test of unprotected cellular beam acting in membrane action. in Structures in Fire - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference, SiF'10|Struct. Fire - Proc. Int. Conf., SiF. pp. 398-406, 6th International Conference on Structures in Fire, SiF'10, East Lansing, MI, 1/07/10.

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Large-scale fire test of unprotected cellular beam acting in membrane action

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