Fire protection demands for multi-storey steel buildings in seismic areas

Vayas, I; Adamopoulou, S; Ziogos, P

dc.contributor.author	Vayas, I	en
dc.contributor.author	Adamopoulou, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Ziogos, P	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:50:23Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:50:23Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/35099
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dc.subject.other	Buildings	en
dc.subject.other	Earthquakes	en
dc.subject.other	Fire extinguishers	en
dc.subject.other	Fire protection	en
dc.subject.other	Fires	en
dc.subject.other	Structural integrity	en
dc.subject.other	Structural metals	en
dc.subject.other	Behavior under fires	en
dc.subject.other	Cost savings	en
dc.subject.other	Design issues	en
dc.subject.other	Experimental investigations	en
dc.subject.other	Failure criterion	en
dc.subject.other	Overall failures	en
dc.subject.other	Seismic areas	en
dc.subject.other	Steel buildings	en
dc.subject.other	Structural collapse	en
dc.subject.other	Structural performance	en
dc.subject.other	Structural redundancies	en
dc.subject.other	Steel	en
dc.title	Fire protection demands for multi-storey steel buildings in seismic areas	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2006	en
heal.abstract	An important design issue for steel buildings is its behavior under fire conditions. Large scale experimental investigations indicated the preservation of the overall structural integrity even in cases of failureof individual members due to the structural redundancy. Accordingly, studies of the structural performance of larger units are preferable than corresponding ones of individual members. The paper presents a study of the behavior of seismic designed steel buildings during fire. It is shown that the time for overall failure is much higher than the corresponding time for individual members. Conversely, the demands for individual member protection are much lower if the failure criterion is not the local but the overall structural collapse. Conclusively, the studies show that very considerable cost savings may be achieved for seismic designed steel buildings, if in the fire protection is designed in accordance to the overall structural integrity. © 2006 Taylor & Francis Group.	en
heal.journalName	Proceedings of the International Conference in Metal Structures - Steel - A New and Traditional Material for Building	en
dc.identifier.spage	567	en
dc.identifier.epage	572	en