Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Coupling different FE-models for the calculation of the thermo-mechanical
behavior of ultra high performance concrete components under high
temperature load
M. Siemon, D. Hosser & J. Zehfuß
Institute of Building Materials, Concrete Construction and Fire Protection (iBMB),
Technische Universität Braunschweig (Institute of Technology), Braunschweig, Germany
ABSTRACT: Although many commercial finite element programs are capable of coupling the thermal and
mechanical calculation, the definition for an appropriate model for both calculations yields to several problems,
especially in fire protection