ABSTRACT

Designing structures to withstand the effects of fire is challenging, and requires a series of complex design decisions. This third edition of Fire Safety Engineering Design of Structures provides practising fire safety engineers with the tools to design structures to withstand fires. This text details standard industry design decisions, and offers

chapter 1|12 pages

Fire safety engineering

chapter 2|12 pages

Design philosophies

chapter 3|16 pages

Prescriptive approach

chapter 4|34 pages

Behaviour of natural fires

chapter 6|36 pages

Calculation approach

chapter 7|30 pages

Design of concrete elements

chapter 8|50 pages

Design of steel elements

chapter 9|28 pages

Composite construction

chapter 10|22 pages

Design of timber elements

chapter 11|16 pages

Masonry, aluminium, plastics, and glass

chapter 12|24 pages

Frames