Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Numerical studies of load bearing LSF walls under realistic
design fire conditions
P. Keerthan, A. Ariyanayagam & M. Mahendran
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
ABSTRACT: Fire safety of light gauge steel frame (LSF) stud walls is important in the design of buildings.
Many experimental and numerical studies have been undertaken to investigate the fire performance of load
bearing LSF walls under standard fire conditions. However, the standard time-temperature curve does not
represent the fire load present in typical residential and commercial buildings that include ...