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This publication sets out the design process in a logical manner giving practical and helpful advice and easy to follow worked examples that will allow designers to exploit the benefits of the new approach given in the Eurocodes to fire design.

Jean-Marc Franssen is Professor at the Department of Architecture, Geology, Environment and Construction of the University of Liege in Belgium. He is leading the group of fire safety engineering and is the Director of the Fire Resistance Laboratory. He is a member of the Technical Committee TC3 - Fire of ECCS. He founded the Structures in Fire (SiF) movement of which he is teh chairman of the Steering Committee. He was a member of the draft team of EN 1993-1-2

Paulo Vila Real is Professor at the Dep. of Civil Engineering of the University of Aveiro in Portugal where he is the Director of the Fire Resistance Laboratory. He is a member of the Technical Committee TC3- Fire of ECCS and of the Steering Committee of the Structures in Fire (SiF) movement. In Portugal he is a member of the Technical Committee CT 115- Eurocodes where he was in charge of writing the National Annexes to the fire parts of the Eurocodes on actions, concrete, steel, composite and aluminium structures.

Introduction
Relations between different Eurocodes
Scope of EN 1993-1-2
Mechanical Loading
General
Examples
Indirect actions
Thermal Action
Nominal temperature-time curves
Parametric temperature-time curves
Zone models;
CFD models
Localized fires
External members
Temperature In Steel Sections
The heat conduction equation and its boundary conditions
Advanced calculation model. Finite element solution of the heat conduction equation
Section factor
Temperature of unprotected steelwork exposed to fire
Temperature of protected steelwork exposed to fire
Internal steelwork in a void protected by heat screens
External steelwork
Example
View factors in the concave part of a steel profile
Temperature in steel members subjected to localized fires
Temperature in stainless steel members
Example
Mechanical Analysis
Basic principles 99
Mechanical properties of carbon steel 104
Classification of cross-sections 109
Fire resistance of structural members 118
Tension members;
Compression members;
Shear resistance;
Laterally restrained beams;
Laterally unrestrained beams;
Members with Class 1, 2 or 3 cross-sections, subjected to combined bending and axial compression;
Members with Class 4 cross-sections;
Some verifications of the fire resistance not covered by EN 1993-1-2
Design in the temperature domain. Critical temperature
Design of continuous beams
Fire resistance of structural stainless steel members
Design examples
Advanced Calculation Models
Thermal response model
Mechanical response model
Joints
Strength of bolts and welds at elevated temperature
Temperature of joints in fire
Bolted connections
Design fire resistance of welds
Design examples
The Computer Program ?Elefir-En?
Brief description of the program
Default constants used in the program
Design example
Case Study
Fire resistance under standard fire
Thermal calculations
Structural calculation
Fire resistance under natural fire
Temperature development in the compartment
References
Thermal Data For Carbon Steel And Stainless Steel Sections
Thermal properties of carbon steel
Section factor Am / V [m-1] for unprotected steel members
Section factor Ap / V [m-1] for protected steel members
Tables and nomograms for evaluating the temperature in unprotected steel members subjected to the standard fire curve ISO 834
Tables and nomograms for evaluating the temperature in protected steel members subjected to the standard fire curve ISO 834
Thermal properties of some fire protection materials
Thermal properties of stainless steel
Specific heat
Thermal conductivity
Thermal elongation
Tables and nomograms for evaluating the temperature in unprotected stainless steel members subjected to the standard fire curve ISO 834
Thermal properties of some fire compartment lining materials
Input Data For Natural Fire Models
Introduction
Fire load density
Rate of heat release density
Ventilation control
Flash-over
Mechanical Properties Of Carbon Steel And Stainless Steel
Mechanical properties of carbon steel
Mechanical properties of carbon steel at room temperature (20?C)
Stress-strain relationship for carbon steel at elevated temperatures (without strain-hardening)
Stress-strain relationship for carbon steel at elevated temperatures (with strain-hardening)
Mechanical properties to be used with Class 4 cross-section and simple calculation models
Mechanical properties of stainless steel
Tables For Section Classification And Effective Width Evaluation
Section Factors Of European Hot Rolled Ipe And He Profiles
Cross-Sectional Classification Of European Hot Rolled Ipe And He Profiles
Cross-sectional classification for pure compression and pure bending
Cross-sectional classification for combined, compression and bending moment
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