Effect of natural convection and radiation inside of a hollow beam in a standard fire

Turo Välikangas, Sami Pajunen, Jolanta Baczkiewicz, Shobhana Singh, Kim Sørensen

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    Abstract

    In the design of steel structures, special attention must be paid on structural fire design in order to ensure a specified safe time period that the structure can withstand the fire without collapse. In the European design rules, the standard practise assumes uniform temperature for steel beam cross sections while the surrounding area is subjected to the so called standard fire. When the ambient temperature field is not uniform (e.g. at beam joint areas) neither will be the beam cross section temperature field. This paper studies the contribution of natural convection and cavity radiation to the temperature field of a hollow beam cross section in the case of non-uniform ambient temperature by using transient CFD-simulations.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 58th Conference on Simulation and Modelling (SIMS 58) Reykjavik, Iceland, September 25th – 27th, 2017
    Editors Magnus Thor Jonsson
    Place of PublicationLinköping
    PublisherLinköping University Electronic Press
    Pages121-127
    Number of pages7
    Volume138
    ISBN (Electronic)978-91-7685-417-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 27 Sept 2017
    Publication typeA4 Article in conference proceedings
    EventProceedings of the 58th Conference on Simulation and Modelling (SIMS 58) Reykjavik, Iceland, September 25th – 27th, 2017 -
    Duration: 25 Sept 201727 Sept 2017

    Publication series

    NameLinköping Electronic Conference Proceedings
    PublisherLinköping University Electronic Press
    Number138
    ISSN (Print)1650-3686
    ISSN (Electronic)1650-3740

    Conference

    ConferenceProceedings of the 58th Conference on Simulation and Modelling (SIMS 58) Reykjavik, Iceland, September 25th – 27th, 2017
    Period25/09/1727/09/17

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    • Publication forum level 1

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