Fire Resistance of Steel and Timber Structures

The aim of this course is to give students an understanding of the design methods of structures at accidental situations, fire and explosion.

The course is conceived in order to give students following skills:

To understand the basic methods in fire engineering. To be able to develop possible fire scenarios and to understand various fire models. To predict the gas temperature in the fire compartment for the selected fire scenarios, to evaluate the fire load density and other fire parameters necessary for thermal analysis of the fire compartment. To be able to predict temperature of unprotected and protected structural elements and to be able to select / design suitable fire protection of those elements. To understand the specific problems related to structural analysis at fire. To be able to predict the mechanical load at fire and calculate internal forces of simple structures exposed to fire. To understand the effect of high temperature on mechanical properties of steel, concrete, timber and aluminium alloys. To be able to design steel, concrete, steel-concrete composite, timber and aluminium structures exposed to fire. To understand the purpose of fire testing, measurements and equipment of fire testing laboratory, large scale testing. To understand the models for load by explosion in open and closed space, structural analysis at explosion, structural damages and repair of structures. To understand the robustness of structures and to be able to design simple structures to ensure structural integrity.

Basic design of steel and timber structures at ambient temperature.

• Jean-Marc Franssen J.M., Vila Real P., Fire Design of Steel Structures, ECCS, 2015, ISBN 978-92- 978-92-9147-128-7.
• Wang Y.C., Burgess I.W., Wald F., Gillie M.: Performance-Based Fire Engineering of Structures. 1. ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-415-55733-7.
• ASCE Manual, Performance-Based Design of Structural Steel for Fire Conditions, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009.
• Lennon T., Moore D.B., Wang Y.C., Bailey G.G., Designer's Guide to EN 1991-1-2, EN 1992-1-2, EN 1993-1-2 and EN 1994-1-2, Thomas Telford, 2006.

Lectures, seminars, self-study and exercises