Design tools for the behaviour of multi-storey steel framed buildings exposed to natural fires

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-PR-112

Project closed

Start date 1 July 1998

End date 30 June 2001

Funded under

• Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Total cost € 854 800,00

EU contribution € 512 880,00

Coordinated by

TNO- ADMINISTRATION
Netherlands

Objective

Experience in real fires shows that the present assessment methods for the fire behaviour of supporting steelworks in modern steel framed structures is too conservative. This is confirmed by recent large scale fire tests, carried out in the scope of the Cardington LBTF Demonstration Project. Aim of the proposed research is to develop operational design rules and calculation models, which allow an easy and realistic assessment of the fire behaviour modern steel framed structures, taking full account of the beneficial effect of the inherent fire resistance of the complete load bearing structure.

Programme(s)

• ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Topic(s)

• F6 - Steel structures

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

TNO- ADMINISTRATION

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 2600 JA DELFT ; Netherlands
• Total cost: No data

Participants (3)

British Steel plc

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Moorgate ; S60 3AR Rotherham
• Total cost: No data

Centre Technique Industriel de la Construction Métallique

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Domaine de Saint-Paul ; 78470 Saint-Rémy-lƒs-Chevreuse
• Total cost: No data

PROFILARBED-RECHERCHES

Luxembourg

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 66, rue de Luxembourg ; 4221 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE
• Total cost: No data