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2016
Abstract. The new steel bridge “Hans-Wilsdorf ” in Geneva is an exceptional steel structure that will drive general traffic through a main transportation axis. As the investment cost of the project is important, a structural fire analysis has been performed to study the sensitivity of the structure to a high temperature exposure, such as a truck in fire on the deck. This analysis will allow deciding whether a severe fire could be an unacceptable economical risk for the bridge. 1
2016
Abstract. The paper presents the assumptions and the issues that arise when developing an integrated modelling methodology between a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software applied to compartment fires and a Finite Element (FE) software applied to structural systems subjected to fire. In particular, a weak coupling approach used to simulate a fire exposed structure by modelling the fire development in the compartment, the heat penetration in the structure and the mechanical response is described. The advantages and the disadvantages of such a technique are highlighted compared to a full coupling that conversely takes into account all mutual interactions. The favourable aspect of computing the thermal response of the structure in the FE model in order to avoid modelling the structure in the CFD model is underlined, namely a sensitive reduction of computational demand. Finally, a practical application is presented. 1
Structural Engineering International, 2012
2013
The paper presents the assumptions and the issues that arise when developing an integrated modelling methodology between a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software applied to compartment fires and a Finite Element (FE) software applied to structural systems subjected to fire. In particular, a weak coupling approach used to simulate a fire exposed structure by modelling the fire development in the compartment, the heat penetration in the structure and the mechanical response is described. The advantages and the disadvantages of such a technique are highlighted compared to a full coupling that conversely takes into account all mutual interactions. The favourable aspect of computing the thermal response of the structure in the FE model in order to avoid modelling the structure in the CFD model is underlined, namely a sensitive reduction of computational demand. Finally, the study is enriched by an application of this methodology that concerns the simulation of a pool fire in an open...
2020
This paper deals with the behaviour under fire of vertical walls made of steel sheet piles in retaining walls close to, for example, a traffic road or an industrial facility or in underground structures such as car parks or cut and cover tunnels. For the later situation, the sheet pile walls support not only the horizontal pressure from the ground but also the vertical loads induced by the different floors. Four experimental tests have been performed in the fire lab of ULiege on a test setup where different soils were located at the back of a heated sheet pile wall, namely sand and clay, either saturated with water or not. Equivalent thermal properties have been derived that allow reproducing in a simple conductive model the temperature distributions measured on the steel piles. Modelling the whole sequence of events from erection of the structure to failure under fire requires the successive application of 2 different software, RIDO that reproduces the evolution of the displacement...
This work deals with the fire safety engineering analysis of a construction project located in the city of Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg. The studied structure is a hall made of portal frames comprising steel columns and cambered cellular beams. The frames are interconnected by means of steel purlins and a bracing system. In a first step, the entire structure is analysed by means of a three-dimensional finite element model using the 3D Bernoulli beam finite element of the SAFIR computer code [5]. In this model, the cellular beam is represented by two tee-parts existing above and below the web openings as if there was only one continuous opening along the web. The general behaviour of the structure is examined under fire exposure for different localized fire scenarios previously defined in collaboration with local authorities. In a second step, it has to be determined whether the behaviour of a cellular beam can properly be modelled by means of beam finite elements. A sophisticated shell ...
Proceedings of the ICE - Structures and Buildings, 2012
Applied Sciences
The term “travelling fire” is used to label fires which burn locally and move across the floor over a period of time in large compartments. Through experimental and numerical campaigns and while observing the tragic travelling fire events, it became clear that such fires imply a transient heating of the surrounding structure. The necessity to better characterize the thermal impact generated on the structure by a travelling fire motivated the development of an analytical model allowing to capture, in a simple manner, the multidimensional transient heating of a structure considering the effect of the ventilation. This paper first presents the basic assumptions of a new analytical model which is based on the virtual solid flame concept; a comparison of the steel temperatures measured during a travelling fire test in a steel-framed building with the ones obtained analytically is then presented. The limitations inherent to the analyticity of the model are also discussed. This paper sugge...
2007
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