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File Type : PDF
File Size : 6.0MB
Pages : 425
Authors :  by John A. Purkiss



DESCRIPTION :
The intention behind this text remains provision to those involved in
aspects of the design of structures to withstand the accidental effects due
to fire occurring within part or the whole of the structure and of the
tools required to enable such a design to be carried out. One of the major
revisions is that the author has concentrated on the European Design
Codes rather than British Standards which will in the course of the next
five years become effectively obsolete. However, the designer should still
be aware that any design code is subject to revision or amendment and
that it is essential that the most recent edition be used, and that where
this produces a discrepancy between this text and the Code, the Code
must be taken as the final arbiter.
The second major revision has been due to the impact of the large scale
fire tests carried out at Carding ton. This has meant there has had
to be a re-assessment of the behavior of composite steel–concrete frame
structures, in that the whole structure performance markedly outweighs
that of single elements. Equally, there are a number of guides produced
by either the Institution of Structural Engineers or the Building Research
Establishment promoting Structural Fire Safety Engineering.