Comparing simple and advanced tools for structural fire safety engineering

• Published in: Fire and materials Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 65 - 79
• Main Authors: Henneton, Nicolas, Renaud, Christophe, Zhao, Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: analytical model; Categories; CFAST; Computational fluid dynamics; FDS; Fire protection; fire safety engineering; Fires; heat transfer; Heating; localised fire; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Structural members

Summary The present paper gives an overview of the actual tools available for the estimation of the fire development and of the resulting thermal actions on structural members. A case study is developed on the basis of the Fire Safety Engineering methodology, respectively with two different approach...