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1 Introduction: Fire Safety Requirements and Implications for Thin-Walled Steel Construction |
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1.1 Thin-Walled Steel Structures |
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1.2 Fire Safety Requirements and Their Implications for Thin-Walled Steel Structures |
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1.3 Determination of Fire Resistance of Thin-Walled Steel Structures |
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1.4 Scope and Layout of This Book |
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2 Applications of Thin-Walled Steel Structures |
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2.2 Recent Innovations and Advances in Cold-Formed Steel Industry |
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2.2.1 Innovative Lightweight and Structurally Efficient Sections |
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2.2.2 Prefabricated Structural and Modular Units |
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2.3 Fire Resistance of Thin-Walled Steel Structures and Methods of Enhancement |
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2.3.1 Fire Protective Boards |
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2.3.3 Steel Studs and Joists |
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3.1 Standard Fire Resistance Test |
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3.2 Fire Resistance Tests of Walls |
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3.2.1 General Behaviour of LSF Walls in Fire |
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3.2.2 Effects of Cavity Insulation on Fire Resistance |
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3.2.3 Effects of External Insulation on Fire Resistance |
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3.2.4 Effects of New Stud Sections on Fire Resistance |
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3.2.5 Effects of Plasterboard Joints on Fire Resistance |
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3.2.6 Effects of Other Types of Boards on Fire Resistance |
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3.2.7 Effects of Steel Sheathing on Fire Resistance |
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3.3 Fire Resistance Tests of Floors |
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3.3.1 General Behaviour of LSF Floors in Fire |
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3.3.2 Effects of New Joist Sections on Fire Resistance |
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3.4 Other Fire Resistance Tests on Thin-Walled Steel Structures |
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4 Numerical Modelling of Fire Resistance of Thin-Walled Steel Structures |
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4.2 Heat Transfer Modelling |
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4.2.1 Basics of Heat Transfer |
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4.2.2 Thermal Boundary Conditions for Heat Transfer Modelling |
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4.2.4 A Simplified Heat Transfer Model for Thin-Walled Steel Structural Panels |
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4.3 Modelling Behaviour of Thin-Walled Steel Structures at Elevated Temperatures |
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5 Elevated Temperature Properties of Materials |
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5.2 Mechanical Properties of Cold-Formed Steels at Elevated Temperatures |
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5.3 Thermal Properties of Fire Protection Materials at Elevated Temperatures |
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5.3.2.3 Thermal conductivity |
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6 Performance-Based Design Methods of Thin-Walled Steel Members at Elevated Temperatures |
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6.1 Thin-Walled Steel Members with Uniform Temperature Distribution |
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6.2 Simplified Methods for Thin-Walled Members with Non-uniform Temperature Distribution |
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6.2.1 Limiting Temperature Method |
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6.2.2 Extension of Fire Test Results |
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6.2.2.2 Members in floors |
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6.3 Thin-Walled Steel Columns with Non-uniform Temperature Distribution in the Cross-Section |
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6.3.1 Effective Width Method |
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6.3.2 Direct Strength Method |
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6.3.3 Simplified Effective Width/Direct Strength Method |
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6.3.3.1 Effective width method |
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6.3.3.2 Direct strength method |
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6.4 Thin-Walled Steel Beams with Non-uniform Temperature Distribution in the Cross-Section |
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6.5 Illustrative Design Example Using Direct Strength Method |
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References |
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Index |
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