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Fire Resistance Evaluation of SLIM AU Composite Beam (슬림 AU 합성보 내화성능 평가)

  • Oh, Myoung-Ho;Kim, Myeong-Han
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.53-58
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    • 2016
  • SLIM AU(A plus U-shaped) composite beam was developed for reducing the story height in the residential buildings, and saving the cosrtuction cost of floor structures. Structural performance and economic feasibility of the composite beam have been sufficiently approved through the structural experiments and the analytical studies. However, the verification for fire safety is necessary for the practical application of the composite beam. The fire resistance tests with and without loading were performed for the fire safety verification, and the test results were summarized in this paper.

Behaviour of lightweight composite trusses in fire - A case study

  • Choi, Seng-Kwan;Burgess, Ian;Plank, Roger
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.105-118
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    • 2007
  • On September $11^{th}$ 2001, the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City were struck by two hijacked airplanes. Despite severe local damage induced by the impact, the towers were able to sustain 102 and 56 minutes of the subsequent multi-storey fires before collapsing. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the in-fire performance of composite trusses by examining the behaviour of the longer-span type used in the towers. It makes no attempt to be a forensic study of the actual events. Using the finite element package Vulcan, the structural mechanics of typical long-span composite floor trusses are explained, under a variety of scenarios, as the fire temperatures rise. Different boundary conditions, degrees of protection and loading are all covered, the results being presented mainly in the form of graphs of deflection and internal force of members against time.

An advanced software interface to make OpenSees for thermal analysis of structures more user-friendly

  • Seong-Hoon Jeong;Ehsan Mansouri;Nadia Ralston;Jong-Wan Hu
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.51 no.2
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    • pp.127-138
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    • 2024
  • In this paper, structural behavior under fire conditions is comprehensively examined, and a novel software interface for testing interfaces efficiently is developed and validated. In order to accurately assess the response of structures to fire scenarios, advanced simulation techniques and modeling approaches are incorporated into the study. This interface enables accurate heat transfer analysis and thermo-mechanical simulations by integrating software tools such as CSI ETABS, CSI SAP2000, and OpenSees. Heat transfer models can be automatically generated, simulation outputs processed, and structural responses interpreted under a variety of fire scenarios using the proposed technique. As a result of rigorous testing and validation against established methods, including Cardington tests on scales and hybrid simulation approaches, the software interface has been proven to be effective and accurate. The analysis process is streamlined by this interface, providing engineers and researchers with a robust tool for assessing structural performance under fire conditions.

Nonlinear Thermo-mechanical Analysis Considering Heat Flow under Fire Conditions (화재 열 유동을 고려한 구조물의 열응력해석)

  • Pak, Hongrak;Kang, Jun Won;Lee, Jinwoo
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.369-376
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    • 2016
  • In this study, a numerical analysis framework for investigating the nonlinear behavior of structures under fire conditions is presented. In particular, analysis procedure combining fire-driven flow simulation and thermo-mechanical analysis is discussed to investigate the mechanical behavior of fire-exposed representative volume structures made of steel and concrete, respectively. First of all, fire-driven flow analysis is conducted using Fire Dynamics Simulator(FDS) in a rectangular parallelepiped domain containing the structure. The FDS simulation yields the time history of temperature on the surface of the structure under fire conditions. Second, mechanical responses of the fire-exposed structure with respect to prescribed uniformly distributed loads are calculated by a coupled thermo-mechanical analysis using the time-varying surface temperature as boundary conditions. Material nonlinearities of steel and concrete have been considered in the thermo-mechanical analysis. A series of numerical results are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the multiphysics structural fire analysis for investigating the structural behavior under fire conditions.

Study on the Surface Temperature and Fire Protective Thickness for Structural Steel Elements at Fire Conditions (강구조 부재의 표면온도 산정 및 내화피복두께에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, In-Kyu
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.55-61
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    • 2010
  • Fire resistance is very essential for all buildings to save peoples who live within buildings or use and to protect the properties when the buildings are covered with fire. The fire resistance were evaluated by loading or nonloading fire tests which are known very expensive and require lots of time. That causes the lacks of research activities and there are only small cases of fire resistance. The purposes of this paper are to analyze the temperature analysis for various structural elements such as columns and beams those are can be applied to buildings and to suggest the resonable fire protective thickness of concrete slab according to the required fire resistance time.

Structural Behavior of Retrofitted RC beams with Fire Damages (화재 피해를 입은 일반강도 RC 보의 보수성능)

  • 안주희;신영수;이차돈;홍성걸
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.1013-1016
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    • 2003
  • This paper is to evaluate practically the techniques and materials of repair for RC elements with fire damages as well as to investigate the structural behavior of RC beams according to pre- or post-repair after fire-damages. For this purpose, normal concrete flexural specimens were exposed to high temperatures by the ISO 834 specification. After natural cooling and post-fire-curing in a natural environment for 2 months, the specimens were repaired with polymer cement mortar for 1 month curing.

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A Microscopic Study on Structural Changes in Electric Conductors Due to Electric Fire (전기화재에 의한 전선의 현미경 조직변화에 관한 물성적 해석의 연구)

  • Hyung Ju Woo
    • 전기의세계
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 1971
  • This paper aims to study structural changes in electric conductors which are heated during electric fire by means of microscope. The results are applicable to the pursuit of the causes of electric fire and to the establishment of criteria for the indentification of electric fire. This work is an extension of the previous study by the author, particularly with emphasis on quantitative analysis.

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The Fire induced Thermal Stress Analysis of PC Box Bridge (PC Box교량의 화재에 대한 열응력해석)

  • 최창근;이계희;최인혁;김일곤
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.125-132
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    • 1998
  • In this study the fire, due to overturning of oil tanker on the bridge induced heat transfer analysis and thermal stress analysis are carried out. The results of analysis for fire history of 1 hour present very large thermal gradient near the surface. However, the temperature increase of tendon & rebar that is the main resistant member of bridge is not sufficient to change material properties. The Von-Mises yield criteria is used to calculate the depth of delamination, The depth of delamination is about 4cm at center of fire and this value is close to measured value.

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