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Chapter1.Introduction
Table2.Applicationdomainofdifferentdesignmethodsinfiresituation.
Analysisofapartof
Globalstructural
Memberanalysis
Typeofanalysis
thestructure
analysis
Tabulateddata
_nominalfires
X
X
Simplecalculation
_nominalfires
_nominalfires
_naturalfires
models
X
Advancedcalcula-
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_nominalfires
_nominalfires
_naturalfires
_naturalfires
_naturalfires
tionmodels
AneXcellentcollectionofrealbuildingsdesignedwiththeuseofperformance-
basedfiresafetyengineeringmethodsisgiVenin[175].SeVeraleXamplesshow
howthosemethodsareusedinordertosatisfydesignobjectiVes.Firstofall9itis
seenthatperformance-baseddesignisusedforrathereXtraordinarybuildings9
fromthestructuralorfunctionalpointofView.So9thereareeXamplesofadmin-
istratiVebuildings9sportcentres9shoppingcentres9eXhibitioncentres9industrial
buildings9andbridges.Allandall9thepracticalprojects9wheredesignissup-
portedbyperformance-basedfiresafetyengineeringmethods9mainlyfollowsthe
proVisionsgiVenbyfirBpIrtsofEurocodes(inEurope)orothermoderndesign
codesthateXistinNorthAmericaorinotherpartsoftheWorld.
TherealdesigneXamples9giVenin[175]9canbeselectedinsuchawaythat
theyindicatethecurrentstate-of-the-artofpracticalusageoftheperformance-
basedapproachinstructuralfireengineering(seeTable3).ItmakesthelistgiVen
inTable3shortenoughtobequicklyreadable9butcomprehensiVeenoughtore-
allyshowthewaytheperformance-baseddesignisusednowadaysinpractical
engineeringcases.
AccordingtothesummarygiVeninTable39inmostdesignprojects9thesimple
temperature-timerelationshipsisusedtodefinethefire.NeVertheless9thetemper-
ature-timerelationshipusedineXamplesgiVeninTable3isnotnecessarilythe
ISO834curVe.Thetemperature-timerelationshipsinthesedesigneXamplesare
deriVedusingapproachestakingintoaccountanactualcharacteristicsoffirecom-
partments9i.e.fireload9heatreleaserate9Ventilationconditionsandthermalprop-
ertiesofwalls.HoweVer9thechoiceofthesingletemperature-timecurVeinflu-
encesthewaythethermalresponseiscalculated.TheadVancedheattransfermod-
els9abletocalculatethenon-uniformtemperaturefieldinastructuralcross-sec-
tion9areusedonlywhenconcreteorcompositestructuresareconsidered.Other-
wise9asimpleheattransfermodelforsteelstructures9knownfromEN1993-1-2
[33]isused.Usingthesimpleheattransfermodelforsteelstructures9itispossible
tocalculateonlyasingle9approXimated9uniformtemperatureofthestructural
member.HoweVer9applyingtheuniformtemperatureintothestructuralmodel
doesnotmakeitpossibletoreflectthephenomenaofthermalbowing9whichcan
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