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Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation
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Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation

by Alphose Zingoni
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
960 pages
47h 2m
English
CRC Press
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Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Structures in fire or fires in structures?
Assessing the true performance of structures in fire
J.L. Torero
School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia
ABSTRACT: The energy equation and boundary conditions are discussed to establish the different details
necessary to define the time and spatial evolution of the temperature of a structure. The validity and invalidity
of simplifications and different methodologies is studied on the basis of multiple examples. Especial emphasis
is given to the interpretation of furnace data.
1 INTRODUCTION
The performance of a structure is
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