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Model Fire in a Two-Storey Timber Building

This book addresses the performance of a multi-storey timber building subjected to a model fire that represents a real, potentially devastating internal fire. Readers will learn about factors concerning fire hazards in buildings; the mechanisms of how fires start and spread; and the degrading impact...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Štefko, Jozef, Osvald, Anton (Author), Makovická Osvaldová, Linda (Author), Sedlák, Pavol (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:SpringerBriefs in Fire
Subjects:
Light Construction
Buildings / Protection
Building Materials
Steel Construction
Wood, Fabric, And Textiles
Buildings / Design And Construction
Light-weight Construction, Steel And Timber Construction
Lightweight Construction
Fire Prevention
Building Construction And Design
Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • List of Symbols
  • 1.0 A Building and a Fire
  • 2.0 Wood – a Combustible Building Material
  • 2.1 General Characteristics of Wood
  • 2.2 Wood Degradation by Heat Impact (By Fire)
  • 2.2.1 Thermal Degradation of Main Wood Components
  • 2.2.2 Wood Microscopic Structure Changes by High-Temperature Stress
  • 2.2.3 Wood Macroscopic Structure Changes by High-Temperature Stress
  • 2.2.4 Physical Properties of Thermally Degraded Wood
  • 2.2.5 Mechanical Properties of Thermally Degraded Wood
  • 2.2.5.1 Temperature Impact to Bending Strength and to Bending Modulus of Elasticity
  • 2.2.5.2 Temperature Impact to Tension Strength and MOE at Tension Parallel to Grain
  • 2.2.5.3 Temperature Impact to Wood Compression Properties Parallel to Grain
  • 2.2.5.4 Temperature Effect on Shear Strength of Wood
  • 2.2.5.5 Charring Rate Effect to Mechanical Properties of Wood in General
  • 2.3 Fire Resistance of Wooden Structures
  • 2.4 Eurocode 5
  • 2.4.1 Origin and Development of Eurocode Standards Programme
  • 2.4.2 Related European Standards
  • 2.4.3 Design Principles
  • 2.4.4. Examples
  • 2.5 Conclusion
  • 3.0 Full-Size Fire Test of a Wooden Structure
  • 3.1 The Concept of the Full-Size Tests
  • 3.2 Structural Fire Test Scheme of Two-Storey Building
  • 3.3 Construction Process of the Fire-Tested Two-Storey Building
  • 3.4 Photos of the Test Structural Fire
  • 3.5 The Fire Assessment
  • 3.5.1 The Fire Assessment – Ground Floor
  • 3.5.2 The Fire Assessment – First Floor
  • 3.5.3 The Temperature Assessment – the East External Wall
  • 3.5.4 The Temperature Assessment – the West External Wall
  • 3.5.5 The Temperature Assessment – the North External Wall
  • 3.5.6 The Temperature Assessment – the South External Wall
  • 4.0 Summary of the Experiment

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