FULL SCALE FIRE TESTS ON A REINFORCED CONCRETE HIGH RISE STRUCTURE IN GLASGOW
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Engineering
Abstract
This proposal seeks funds to allow fire tests that are due to take place on a concrete structure to be thoroughly instrumented. By measuring quantities such as temperatures and deflections it will be possible to ascertain how the structure and the fire itself behave and thus make suggestions about how buildings can be designed more safely in the future. Several aspects of behaviour in fire will be examined including the structural behaviour of concrete floors and walls; the behaviour of a truss similar to those used in the World Trade Center buildings that collapsed; smoke movement in evacuation routes; and the robustness of repair systems that are sometimes used on concrete buildings. The fire tests themselves are being funded by the Horizon television programme and the building in which they take place is derelict. This means it is possible to obtain data from tests that would normally cost millions of pounds, for only a small fraction of this cost.
Publications
Röben C.
(2007)
Structural behaviour during a vertically travelling fire
in 5th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, ICASS 2007
Ervine A.
(2010)
Thermal behaviour of damaged reinforced concrete in fire
in 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2010, Including Papers from the 4th International Tsunami Symposium
Law A
(2011)
The influence of travelling fires on a concrete frame
in Engineering Structures
Gales J
(2011)
Unbonded post tensioned concrete in fire: A review of data from furnace tests and real fires
in Fire Safety Journal
Law A
(2011)
Structural Engineering and Fire Dynamics: Advances at the Interface
in Fire Safety Science
Röben C
(2010)
Structural behaviour during a vertically travelling fire
in Journal of Constructional Steel Research
Ervine A
(2012)
Thermal Propagation through Tensile Cracks in Reinforced Concrete
in Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Gales J
(2011)
Unbonded Post Tensioned Concrete Slabs in Fire - Part I - Experimental Response of Unbonded Tendons under Transient Localized Heating
in Journal of Structural Fire Engineering
Gales J
(2011)
Unbonded Post Tensioned Concrete Slabs in Fire - Part II - Modelling Tendon Response and the Consequences of Localized Heating
in Journal of Structural Fire Engineering
Sharma U
(2014)
Testing of Full-scale RC Frame under Simulated Fire Following Earthquake
in Journal of Structural Fire Engineering
Description | British Cement Association |
Organisation | British Cement Association |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | Lion Television Ltd |
Organisation | Lion Television Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | Powerwall Systems Ltd |
Organisation | Powerwall Systems Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
Start Year | 2006 |