Steel and Composite Structures

Steel and Composite Structures: Behaviour and Design for Fire Safety describes the behaviour of steel and composite structures in fire, and shows how design methods are developed to quantify our understanding.
"Steel and Composite Structures" presents a systematic and thorough description of the behaviour of steel and composite structures in fire, and shows how design methods are developed to quantify our understanding. Quantitative descriptions of fire behaviour, heat transfer in construction elements and structural analysis using numerical methods are all addressed and existing codes and standards for steel and composite fire safety design are critically examined. Using a comprehesive and systematic description of structural fire safety engineering principles, Y.C. Wang explains and illustrates the important difference between the behaviour of isolated structural elements and whole structures under fire conditions. This book is a useful source of information to structural and fire engineers, and should also be of interest and value to students and researchers in this field.