Practical Design Tools for Unprotected Steel Columns Submitted to ISO-Fire - Refao III

1.2. Aim of research......Page 19
1.3. General scope on the parameters......Page 20
2.3.  Resultant emissivity......Page 21
2.4.  Thermal properties of steel......Page 22
3.2. KRUPP test......Page 23
3.3. Simulation of four tests by CEFICOSS......Page 24
3.5. Conclusion......Page 25
4.1. Description of the new tests (S1 to S10)......Page 26
4.2. Results of these tests......Page 27
4.3. Simulation with CEFICOSS using the known Fe360 steel RS-LAW......Page 28
4.5. Improvements of steel laws......Page 30
4.6. Additional tests (S11, S12, V1 to V7)......Page 31
5.2. Simulation of KRUPP tests with the new QL-laws......Page 32
5.3. Comparison of the CEFICOSS results with the measures......Page 33
6.1. Description of the columns......Page 36
6.2. Results of the tests......Page 37
6.4. Conclusions......Page 38
7.3. Buckling lengths......Page 39
7.5. Calculation with CEFICOSS in normal service conditions......Page 40
7.6. Initial imperfection introduced in CEFICOSS......Page 41
7.7. Failure criterion......Page 42
7.8. Influence of residual stresses......Page 43
8.2. Diagrams......Page 44
8.4. Transformation method for non uniform moment distribution......Page 45
9. CONCLUSIONS......Page 46
10. BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 48
PART II: DIAGRAMS AND TABLES......Page 103
APPENDIX A: Transient state beam tests......Page 165
APPENDIX B: Six full scale steel colums fire tests......Page 229