Development of European calculation rules for fire exposed composite steel/concrete slabs
conference paper
Composite steel-concrete construction allows designers to take advantage of the most favourable mechanica! material properties of both steel and concrete, to produce economical struc tures. In order to provide more fundamental insight into the behaviour of fire-exposed composite structures, a joint research project was conducted, in which France, the Netherlands and Luxem bourg took part. The project, co-sponsored by the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), aimed at the establishment of simple calculation rules. These simple calculation rules were to be derived from parameter studies with advanced numerical models, which were validated on the basis of full-scale experiments. The paper summarizes the results of the Dutch part of the research, which focused on composite steel/concrete slabs. The features of the advanced numerical models are briefly illustrated, as well as a comparison of numerical and experimental results. Moreover, a proposal for improved simple calculation rules is given.
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TNO Identifier
979717
Source title
Proceedings ofthe ASIAFLAM 1995 Conference, Hongkong, March 1995
Pages
1-18
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