Major events-notably the Broadgate fire in London, New York's World
Trade Center collapse, and the Windsor Tower fire in Madrid-as well as
the enlightening studies at the Cardington fire research project have
given international prominence to performance-based structural fire
engineering. As a result, structural fire engineering has increasingly
attracted the interest not only of fire and structural engineers but
also of researchers and students. And studies in recent years have
generated a vast number of findings.
Performance-Based Fire Engineering of Structures summarizes the
latest knowledge on performance-based approaches to structural fire
engineering, enabling readers to critically assess research in the
field. Whereas most recent books have been mainly concerned with
dissemination of principles encapsulated in established codes of
practice such as the Eurocodes, this work addresses in depth:
- Global structural behaviour and modelling
- Progressive collapse of structures in fire and the importance of
connection robustness
- The integrity of compartmentation in fire
- Structural fire engineering under realistic fire conditions and its
implications for material properties
- The limitations of research results and design methods
- The unexploited potential for advanced fire engineering design
This authoritative book draws on the work of internationally active
researchers who were core members of the European Network project's COST
C26 working group on fire resistance. It helps readers develop a
thorough understanding of how to use advanced fire engineering design to
improve structural safety and reduce construction costs.
