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Fire Safety Analysis of Plastic Steel Frames
Rong-gang Zhang1,2, Hong-tao Zhang3 , Yu-xing Bai3, Jian-ling Gao3, Lai-yong Zhang2 , Bing-ye Xu1
1,2,3
Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
HQCEC, Beijing, 100029, China
North China University of Technology, Beijing, 100144, China
Computers, Materials & Continua 2010, 20(3), 243-250. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmc.2010.020.243
Abstract
Based on the upper bound theorem, the fire resistance is studied using the combination of element collapse mechanisms of steel frames, where the element collapse mechanisms are automatically determined from independent mechanisms. The fire limit load is calculated by solving a nonlinear mathematical programming. The computing procedure is programmed by FORTRAN language. Results show that this method is useful to find the collapse mechanism with the lowest fire limit load, which can provide a theoretical and practical way for the fire design of steel frame structure.
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R. Zhang, H. Zhang, Y. Bai, J. Gao, L. Zhang
et al., "Fire safety analysis of plastic steel frames,"
Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 20, no.3, pp. 243–250, 2010. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmc.2010.020.243