Fire Design of Steel Structures - ECCS - European Convention

This book explains and illustrates the rules that are given in the Eurocodes for designing steel structures subjected to fire. Chapter 3 is dedicated to the models which represent the thermal actions created by the fire. After the first introductory chapter, Chapter 2 explains how to calculate the mechanical actions (loads) in the fire situation based on the information given in EN 1990 and EN 1991.

Chapter 6 presents the essential features that characterize the advanced calculation models, for thermal and mechanical response. Chapter 4 describes the procedures to be used to calculate the temperature of the steelwork from the temperature of the compartment and Chapter 5 shows how the information given in EN 1993-1-2 is used to determine the load bearing capacity of the steel structure. The methods used to evaluate the fire resistance of bolted and welded connections are described in Chapter 7.

Chapter 8 describes a computer program called `Elefir-EN? which is based on the simple calculation model given in the Eurocode and allows designers to quickly and accurately calculate the performance of steel components in the fire situation. Chapter 9 looks at the issues that a designer may be faced with when assessing the fire resistance of a complete building.

This is done via a case study and addresses most of the concepts presented in the previous chapters.§For this second edition the content has been revised and extended. The book contains some new sections, e.g. a comparison between the simple and the advanced calculation, as well as additional examples.