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Fire Safety Engineering Design of Structures

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Fire Safety Engineering Design of Structures

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Fire Safety Engineering Design of Structures book

Fire Safety Engineering Design of Structures

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Fire Safety Engineering Design of Structures book

ByJohn A. Purkiss, Long-Yuan Li
Edition 3rd Edition
First Published 2013
eBook Published 15 November 2013
Pub. Location Boca Raton
Imprint CRC Press
DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/b16059
Pages 452
eBook ISBN 9780429102660
Subjects Built Environment, Engineering & Technology
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Purkiss, J.A., & Li, L.-Y. (2013). Fire Safety Engineering Design of Structures (3rd ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b16059

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 5|70 pages

Properties of materials at elevated temperatures

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

chapter 13|24 pages

Assessment and repair of fire-damaged structures

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