• 전산구조공학
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.32-39
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• 2011

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.423-435
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• 2018

There are presently two general ways of accounting for hazardous metal creep in structural fire analyses: either we incorporate creep strains implicitly in hardening model ('implicit-creep' plasticity) or we account for creep explicitly ('explicit-creep' plasticity). The first approach is simpler and usually used for fast engineering applications, e.g., following proposals of EN 1993-1-2. Prioritizing this approach without consideration of its limitations, however, may lead to significant error. So far the possible levels of such error have been demonstrated by few researchers for individual structural elements (i.e., beams and columns). This paper, however, presents analyses also for selected beam-girder assemblies. Special numerical models are developed correspondingly and they are validated and verified. Their important novelty is that they do not only account for creep in individual members but also for creep in between-member connections. The paper finally shows that outside the declared applicability limits of the implicit-creep plasticity models, the failure times predicted by the applied alternative explicit-creep models can be as much as 40% shorter. Within the limits, however, the discrepancies might be negligible for majority of cases with the exception of about 20% discrepancies found in one analysed example.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.153-168
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• 2003

This paper discusses the results and observations from a large-scale fire test conducted on a slim floor system, comprising asymmetric beams, rectangular hollow section beams and a composite floor slab. The structure was subjected to a fire where the fire load (combustible material) was higher that that found in typical office buildings and the ventilation area was artificially controlled during the test. Although the fire behaviour was not realistic it was designed to follow as closely as possible the time-temperature response used in standard fire tests, which are used to assess individual structural members and forms the bases of current fire design methods. The presented test results are limited, due to the malfunction of the instrumentation measuring the atmosphere and member temperatures. The lack of test data hinders the presentation of definitive conclusions. However, the available data, together with observations from the test, provides for the first time a useful insight into the behaviour of the slim floor system in its entirety. Analysis of the test results show that the behaviour of the beam-to-column connections had a significant impact on the overall structural response of the system, particularly when the end-plate of one of the connections fractured, during the fire.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.695-712
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• 2003

The non-linear structural analysis of reinforced concrete beams in fire consists of three separate steps: (i) The estimation of the rise of surrounding air temperature due to fire; (ii) the determination of the distribution of the temperature within the beam during fire; (iii) the evaluation of the mechanical response due to simultaneous time-dependent thermal and mechanical loads. Steps (ii) and (iii) are dealt with in the present paper. We present a two-step computational procedure where a 2D transient thermal analysis over the cross-sections of beams are made first, followed by mechanical analysis of the structure. Fundamental to the accuracy of the mechanical analysis is a new planar beam finite element. The effects of plasticity in concrete, and plasticity and viscous creep in steel are taken into consideration. The properties of concrete and steel along with the values of their thermal and mechanical parameters are taken according to the European standard ENV 1992-1-2 (1995). The comparison of our numerical and full-scale experimental results shows that the proposed mechanical and 2D thermal computational procedure is capable to describe the actual response of reinforced concrete beam structures to fire.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제59권5호
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• pp.853-866
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• 2016

This paper examines a methodology for computing the probability of structural failure of reinforced concrete beams subjected to fire. The significant load variables considered are dead load, sustained live load and fire temperature. Resistance is expressed in terms of moment capacity with random variables taken as yield strength of steel, concrete class (or grade of concrete), beam width and depth. The flexural capacity is determined based on the design equations recommended in Indian standard IS456:2000. Simplified method named $500^{\circ}C$ isotherm method detailed in Eurocode 2 is incorporated for fire design. A transient thermal analysis is conducted using finite element software ANSYS$^{(R)}$ Release15. Reliability is evaluated from the initial state to 4h of fire exposure based on the first order reliability method (FORM). A procedure is coded in MATLAB for finding the reliability index. This procedure is validated with available literature. The effect of various parameters like effective cover, yield strength of steel, grade of concrete, distribution of reinforcement bars and aggregate type on reliability indices are studied. Parameters like effective cover of concrete, yield strength of steel has a significant effect on reliability of beams. Different failure modes like limit state of flexure and limit state of shear are checked.

• 한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국화재소방학회 2005년도 춘계학술논문발표회 논문집
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• pp.87-93
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• 2005

본 연구는 NIST사에서 개발된 FDS를 기반으로한 GUI환경의 전처리 프로그램의 개발에 관한 것이다. 개발된 프로그램은 GUI환경에서 임의의 직육면체를 생성하고 편집할수 있으며 또한 국립지리원에서 보유중인 DXF의 수치지도를 이용하여 지형에 관련된 모델링을 가능 하도록 하였다. 복잡한 지형의 모델링기능과 GUI 환경에서의 편의성은 FDS의 활용도를 높여줄 것이며 이를 이용한 화재 모사는 화재 발생시 진압/대피의 효율을 높여 화재에 대한 피해를 줄일 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2016

가스계소화설비의 수요는 매해 증가하고 있으나, 늘어나는 수요에 대비한 시스템의 안전성 및 신뢰성등 소화성능에 필요한 안전대책이 미흡하여 사회적인 문제가 되고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 가스 소화시스템의 사고발생 원인 중에서 가장 심각한 문제인 소화약제 저장용기에서 발생하는 압력누기는 화재진압의 성패를 좌우하는 중요한 요소로 시급한 대책이 요구되는 문제점로 판단하여 연구를 하였다. 새로 개발한 압력누기감시장치는 화재진압에 중요한 요소인 소화농도와 관련이 있는 저장용기의 약제확보상태와 압력 및 누기, 방출상태 등을 감시하는 장치로 $CO_2$와 HFC-23 시스템에 적용할 수 있도록 개발하였다. 즉, 압력누기감시장치를 가스소화설비에 적용하였을 때 발생할 수 있는 구조적 안전성 분석을 위하여 유체-구조연계해석을 통하여 안전성능을 검증하였다. 해석에 사용한 프로그램으로 전산유체해석은 Mentor Graphics사의 FloEFD 프로그램을 사용하였고, 구조해석 프로그램은 Dassault systems사의 ABAQUS를 사용하였다. 수치해석결과 $CO_2$용의 구조에서는 소성변형이 발생하지 않아 안전성을 확인하였으나 HFC-23용 감시장치에는 소성변형 및 이탈문제가 발생하여 설계수정과 3차례의 수치해석 조건을 수정하여 얻은 데이터를 기본으로 압력누기감시장치의 구조적인 안전성을 확인하였다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.493-510
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• 2021

Mineral wool is an insulation material commonly used in passive fire protection (PFP) systems on offshore installations. Insulation materials have only been considered functional materials for thermal analysis in the conventional offshore PFP system design method. Hence, the structural performance of insulation has yet to be considered in the design of PFP systems. However, the structural elements of offshore PFP systems are often designed with excessive dimensions to satisfy structural requirements under external loads such as wind, fire and explosive pressure. To verify the structural contribution of insulation material, it was considered a structural material in this study. A series of material tensile tests was undertaken with two types of mineral wool at room temperature and at elevated temperatures for fire conditions. The mechanical properties were then verified with modified methods, and a database was constructed for application in a series of nonlinear structural and thermal finite-element analyses of an offshore bulkhead-type PFP system. Numerical analyses were performed with a conventional model without insulation and with a new suggested model with insulation. These analyses showed the structural contribution of the insulation in the structural behaviour of the PFP panel. The results suggest the need to consider the structural strength of the insulation material in PFP systems during the structural design step for offshore installations.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.243-264
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• 2008

This paper details a testing facility ("NATURAL FIRE FACILITY") that allows closely-controlled experimental testing on full-scale sub-frames while reproducing the spatially transient temperature conditions measured in real fires. Using this test facility, an experimental investigation of six steel sub-frames under a natural fire was carried out at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Coimbra. The main objective of these tests was to provide insight into the influence of these connection types on the behaviour of steel sub-structures under fire. The experimental layout is defined by two thermally insulated HEA300 columns and an unprotected IPE300 beam with 5.7 m span, supporting a composite concrete slab. Beam-to-column connections are representative of the most common joint type used on buildings: welded joints and extended, flush and partial depth plate. Finally, the available results are presented and discussed: evolution of the steel temperature; development of displacements and local deformations and failure modes on the joints zone.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.32-39
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• 2020

The fire compartments with fire-resistant construction are installed in the principal structural parts of a building in order to reduce damage in the event of a building fire. As a fire may spread through a crack in the fire compartment, the firestop with secured performance is used according to the procedure, methods, and standards specified in the detailed operation guideline. According to the current detailed operation guideline, vertical members (wall penetration) and horizontal members (floor penetration) are classified into different categories respective to each other for the classification of the firestop. Therefore, an accreditation applicant must apply for the performance test for each structure even if the wall and the floor have the same structure. Also, Grade T is used for the firestop that penetrates the fire compartment. However, in the case of foreign countries, the use of Grade F for the firestop is allowed even if it penetrates the fire compartment. The result of the precedent studies also showed that there was a significantly low possibility of fire to spread even if Grade F was applied for a metallic duct that penetrated the fire compartment. In this study, the improved scheme for the classification and performance standard of firestops was presented by analyzing the results of precedent studies regarding the firestop and domestic and overseas firestop qualification systems.