Citation

Harmathy TZ. Fire Technol. 1976; 12(4): 290-302.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

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Abstract

The conventional concept of fire resistance is examined and a newer concept introduced. A procedure is described by which a realistic appraisal of the performance of some key structural components of a building can be obtained. The performance of a simple structural element of a building has been analyzed under conditions corresponding to two realistic fires. It has been concluded that conventional concrete-steel structures are likely to function satisfactorily in a spreading fire, provided that the left double quote control parameter right double quote characterizing the nature of the fire is higher than a critical value.

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