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  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • 1 DESIGN MANUAL
  • 1.1 Selection of Compartments or Areas to Design
  • 1.2 Determination of Compartment Fuel Loads
  • 1.3 Predicted Compartment Fire Timeâ€?Temperature Relationship
  • 1.4 Predicted Steel Timeâ€?Temperature Relationship
  • 1.5 Worked Example
  • 2 CURRENT APPROACH TO STRUCTURAL FIRE SAFETY
  • 2.1 History of the Standard Test Methods
  • 3 THE PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
  • 4 FIRE SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT
  • 4.1 Compartment Fires
  • 4.2 Ventilation-Controlled Vs. Fuel-Controlled Fires
  • 4.3 Room Fuel Load
  • 5 FULLY DEVELOPED FIRE MODELING5.1 T-Equivalent Concept
  • 5.2 Parametric Fire Curves
  • 6 BASIC CONCEPTS OF STRUCTURAL FIRE DESIGN
  • 6.1 Role of the Structural Engineer Vs. the Fire Protection Engineer
  • 6.2 Specific Calculation Requirements
  • 6.3 Behavior of Steel under Fire Conditions
  • 6.4 Critical Temperatures
  • 6.5 Timeâ€?Temperature History of Fire-Exposed Members
  • 7 FUTURE WORK
  • APPENDIX A: REVIEW OF THE STANDARD TEST
  • A.1 Influence of Standard Fire Test Timeâ€?Temperature Curve on Test Specimen
  • A.2 Influence of Loading and Restraint of the Structural Member in the Test ChamberA.3 Influence of Material Properties
  • A.4 Influence of Furnace Construction
  • APPENDIX B: DERIVATION OF ROOM FUEL LOAD EQUATION
  • APPENDIX C: FUNDAMENTAL HEAT BALANCE EQUATIONS FOR A COMPARTMENT FIRE
  • C.1 Fundamental Heat Balance Equation
  • C.2 qR: Rate of Radiative Heat Loss through the Ventilation Opening
  • C.3 qW: Rate of Heat Loss through Compartment Boundaries
  • C.4 qL: Rate of Convective Heat Loss Out Opening
  • C.5 qC: Rate of Combustion Heat Release
  • APPENDIX D: CALCULATION OF PLENUM TEMPERATURE FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL PROTECTED BY A SUSPENDED CEILINGD.1 Calculation of Plenum Temperatures
  • REFERENCES
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