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ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
Volume 77, Issue -, Pages 181-192Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.06.007
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Concrete slabs; Structural fire design; Safety level; Monte Carlo simulations; Fire ignition frequency
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The structural safety of a simply supported one-way concrete slab exposed to the ISO 834 standard fire curve is investigated. The proposed methodology allows for an objective comparison of the structural performance of different concrete slab design alternatives and to derive indirectly a lower bound of the fire ignition frequencies that can be associated to the Eurocode guidelines. A comparison is made with empirical fire ignition frequencies found in literature and a detailed study is presented of the significance of the concrete cover and its uncertainty on the safety level and fire resistance time. Results indicate that the safety level during fire and the fire resistance time are both highly sensitive to the ratio of the variable to the permanent load and that the accepted design solutions given in EN 1992-1-2 are rather conservative. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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