Fire safe design : a new approach to multi-storey steel-framed buildings
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : G M Newman; J T Robinson; C G Bailey; Great Britain. Dept. of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.; Steel Construction Institute (Great Britain
- ناشر : Ascot, Berkshire : Steel Construction Instotite
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2000
- شابک / ISBN : 9781859421208
Description
Contents Page No. FOREWORD iii SUMMARY vii GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 PART A DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS 3 1 INTRODUCTION TO PART A 5 2 BASIS OF DESIGN 7 2.1 Safety 7 2.2 Type of structure 7 2.3 Fire resistance 8 3 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS 10 3.1 Floor slab and beams 10 3.2 Design of edge beams 14 3.3 Beams above fire resistant walls 14 3.4 Columns 15 3.5 Connections 16 3.6 Overall building stability 17 4 COMPARTMENTATION 18 4.1 Stability 18 4.2 Integrity and insulation 18 5 LOAD RATIO AND LIMITING TEMPERATURE 19 6 DESIGN TABLES 21 6.1 Design Tables 21 6.2 Derivation 22 6.3 Examples of the use of the Design Tables 35 PART B BACKGROUND TO RECOMMENDATIONS 39 1 INTRODUCTION TO PART B 41 2 BASIS OF DESIGN 42 3 THE CARDINGTON FIRE TESTS 45 3.1 Research programme 45 3.2 Test 1: Restrained beam 46 3.3 Test 2: Plane frame 48 3.4 Test 3: Corner 50 3.5 Test 4: Corner 51 3.6 Test 5: Large compartment 53 3.7 Test 6: The office demonstration test 54 3.8 General comments on observed behaviour in all tests 58 vi 4 EVIDENCE FROM OTHER FIRES AND OTHER COUNTRIES 59 4.1 Broadgate 59 4.2 Churchill Plaza Building, Basingstoke 61 4.3 Australian fire tests 62 4.4 German fire test 65 4.5 New Zealand design approach 66 5 OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS 68 5.1 Floor slabs 68 5.2 Steel beams 70 5.3 Columns 74 5.4 Connections 76 5.5 Overall building stability and bracing 78 5.6 Compartmentation 79 5.7 Other influencing factors 80 6 THE WAY FORWARD 84 PART C APPENDICES AND REFERENCES 85 Appendix 1 ESTIMATING COLUMN TEMPERATURES 87 Appendix 2 REQUIREMENTS FOR VERTICAL TIES 90 Appendix 3 BUILDING AND TEST DETAILS 91 Appendix 4 REFERENCES 93
