Structural fire loads : theory and principles /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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New York, N.Y. :
McGraw-Hill Education,
[2012]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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Table of Contents:
- A. About the international code council
- B. About the author
- C. Foreword
- D. Preface
- E. Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- Objectives and goals
- Structural design requirements review
- References
- 2. Overview of current practice
- Introduction
- T-equivalence method
- Parametric fire curves
- References
- 3. Structural fire load and computer modeling
- Introduction
- Two-zone model: cfast
- Field model
- Summary
- References
- 4. Differential equations and assumptions
- Definitions and classifications
- Conservation of energy and mass equations
- Conservation of momentum
- Dimensionless parameters and equations
- Real fire modeling with convection
- References
- 5. Simplifications of differential equations
- International code requirements review
- Structural fire load design
- Hydrodynamic model
- Large-size fire compartment
- References
- Appendix 5a
- 6. Fire load and severity of fires
- Fire-load survey data
- Defining parameter ? for t-square fire growth period
- Maximum temperature versus opening factor
- Time-equivalence method
- Comparison of parametric and structural fire-load curves
- Passive fire protection design
- References
- Appendix 6a
- 7. Structural analysis and design
- Introduction
- Fire severity and dynamic coefficient
- Application of general mechanical creep theory
- Elastoviscoplastic models
- References
- Appendix 7a.