Title
A Numerical Study on the Structural Response of Steel Structures under Post-Blast Travelling Fires
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Imperial College London
Publisher(s)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Abstract
Blast pressures can cause severe damage to building structures. Moreover, in numerous occasions, the affected structure will experience a significant fire ensuing from a blast event. It is therefore imperative that key facilities that may be exposed to these multi-hazard scenarios are properly designed against their actions. Besides, current structural fire design methods are restricted to smaller compartments. Nevertheless, the travelling fire methodology which considers a more realistic evolution of temperatures can be used for the assessment of larger compartments. In this study, a series of non-linear finite element analyses were carried out on prototypical office steel frames. Parametric analyses were conducted to determine the effects of blast pressure, fire size, direction of fire travel, and maximum compartment temperature on the steel frames. The study revealed that increased blast pressures decreased the resistance of the frame to the travelling fires. Also, the response of the frame may be different for different directions of fire travel. The results also showed that smaller fire sizes with longer total fire durations can result in higher structural deformations and damage. The study demonstrates the importance of considering travelling fires in multi-hazard scenarios.
Start page
59
End page
69
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería estructural y municipal
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85091960572
ISBN of the container
9780784482247
Conference
Structures Congress 2019: Blast, Impact Loading, and Research and Education - Selected Papers from the Structures Congress 2019
Sponsor(s)
The authors wish to express their appreciation to The Petroleum Technology Development Fund and The National Universities Commission for supporting the research.
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