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Fire Safety Engineering, Design of Structures, 2nd Edition [148437]

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Fire Safety Engineering: Design of Structures provides the knowledge needed to design a structure which will withstand the effects of fire. The book covers everything from design concerns and philosophies, regulatory control, the behaviour characteristics of natural fires through to the properties of different materials at elevated temperatures. Focusing on the fire sections of the Structural Eurocodes, the book provides detailed design advice on each of the main structural elements such as concrete, steel, composite steel-concrete, timber, and masonry, aluminium, plastics and glass. J. A Purkiss, Consultant, previously lectured Structural Engineering at Aston University. His main areas of research were the behaviour of concrete, concrete composite materials and concrete structures at elevated temperatures, the experimental determination of the effects of spalling and its modelling using coupled heat and mass transfer, the determination of the characteristics of fire damaged concrete structures. It includes design methods based on the fire sections of the new Structural Eurocodes. It contains worked calculations and examples which clearly illustrate the effect of temperature rise and structural performance of structural elements. It is an essential reading for structural engineers, building designers, architects, fire engineers and building control officers.|Content List: Fire Safety Engineering; Design Philosophies; Prescriptive Approach; Behavior of Natural Fires; Calculation Approach; Properties of materials at elevated temperatures; Design of Concrete Elements; Design of Steel Elements; Composite construction; Masonry, aluminum, plastics and glass; Frames; Assessment and repair of fire-damaged structures

Author:	Purkiss, J.A.
Date Published:	24 November 2006
Document Type:	Books
Format:	Hardback
ISBN:	0750664436
ISBN13:	9780750664431
Pages:	424
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology

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