Code: 134FRSS Fire Resistance of Steel and Timber Structures
Lecturer: prof. Ing. František Wald CSc. Weekly load: 1P+1C Completion: A, EX
Department: 11134 Credits: 2 Semester: W
Description:
The aim of this course is to give students an understanding of the design methods of structures at accidental situations, fire and explosion.
Contents:
1 Introduction to fire safety
1.1 - Fire safety, classification of structures, fire compartments, escape routes (general overview)
1.2 - Natural fire and its relation to design to fire safety

2 Fire load and models of fire
2.1 - Fire load density, characteristic and design load, effect of active fire measures, rate of heat release, fire scenarios
2.2 - Simple models for compartment fires, nominal fire curves, parametric temperature curve
Practical calculation of fire load density for simple compartment, evaluation of temperature curve, comparison of different models, advantages and disadvantages of simple models
2.3 - Advanced fire for compartment fires, zone models, CFD models
Application of software to apply zone models for thermal analysis, overview of CFD analysis
2.4 - Fire load for localised fires, modelling of localised fires
2.5 - Accidental load combination, structural analysis at fire

3 Transfer of heat to steel structures
3.1 - Temperature of unprotected steel elements at fire, fire protection of steel structures, temperature of protected steel elements at fire
3.2 - Video from large scale fire test in Cardington, example of analysis of steel structure in Cardington

4 Fire resistance of steel structures
4.1 - Material properties of steel at high temperatures
4.2 Fire resistance of steel elements Models
4.3 - Design of joints

5 Fire resistance of steel and concrete composite structures
5.1 - Fire resistance of composite slab
5.2 - Resistance of composite beams
5.3 - Resistance of composite columns

6 Fire resistance of timber structures
6.1 - Behaviour of timber structures exposed to fire, fire protection of timber structures
6.2 - Design method for timber structures

7 Fire resistance of timber elements
7.1 Method of effective cross-section, method of reduced stiffness and strength
7.2 Design of joints

8 Advanced models in fire engineering
8.1. Modelling of fire, transfer of heat and mechanical behaviour
8.2 Floor behaviour
8.3 Robustness of structures
Seminar contents:
1. Fire modelling
2. Transfer of heat
3. Steel beams
4. Steel columns
5. Composite beam
6. Composite column
7. Timber beam
8. Timber columns
Recommended literature:
Jean-Marc Franssen J.M., Vila Real P., Fire Design of Steel Structures, ECCS, 2015, ISBN 978-92- 978-92-9147-128-7.
Wang Y.C., Burgess I.W., Wald F., Gillie M.: Performance-Based Fire Engineering of Structures. 1. ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-415-55733-7.
ASCE Manual, Performance-Based Design of Structural Steel for Fire Conditions, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009.
Lennon T., Moore D.B., Wang Y.C., Bailey G.G., Designer's Guide to EN 1991-1-2, EN 1992-1-2, EN 1993-1-2 and EN 1994-1-2, Thomas Telford, 2006.
Keywords:
Fire modelling, Transfer of heat, Steel members, Composite members, Timber members

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