Steel and Composite Structures: Analysis and Design for Fire by Y.C. Wang

By Y.C. Wang

Metal and Composite constructions: Behaviour and layout for fireplace defense provides a scientific and thorough description of the behaviour of metal and composite constructions in hearth, and exhibits how layout equipment are built to quantify our understanding.Quantitative descriptions of fireside behaviour, warmth move in building components and structural research utilizing numerical equipment are all addressed and latest codes and criteria for metal and composite fireplace defense layout are severely tested. utilizing a complete and systematic description of structural fireplace protection engineering rules, the writer explains and illustrates the real distinction among the behaviour of remoted structural components and full constructions less than hearth conditions.This publication is a crucial resource of data to structural and hearth engineers. it is going to even be of substantial curiosity and cost to scholars and researchers during this box.

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Under the externally applied compressive load, compressive residual stresses can make the flange tips yield and lose their effectiveness earlier than the flange/web junctions. Whilst this reduces the column stiffness about the major axis linearly, reduction in the column stiffness about the minor axis is related to a cubic function of the distance from the flange tip to the web. 9 Effect of residual stresses on the stiffness of a compression member. 2 Robertson constant for column buckling curves Source: BSI (1990a).

Complete shear connection is achieved by using a sufficient number of shear connectors so that the full force is transferred from the steel beam to the concrete flange or vice verse. Sometimes it may not be possible or necessary to achieve complete shear connection. In these cases, design for partial shear connection is possible. For the case of PNA in concrete, complete shear connection is achieved when the total shear connector resistance is not less than the tension capacity of the steel section.

Gypsum plasterboard linings were attached to both flanges of the channels using screws spaced at 300mm centres. Fire exposure was on one side and was according to ISO 834 (ISO 1975). Test results show substantial temperature gradients in the steel studs such that lateral deflection was observed from the beginning of the fire test due to thermal bowing. Local buckling of the steel studs was also observed. The failure modes of the three different wall panels suggest that structural contributions from the “non-structural” plasterboard linings should be taken into consideration.

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