Some Guidelines on Structural Behaviour

in Case of Fire in Historical Buildings

COST C-17 Meeting
Vienna, Austria
December 7-9th 2004

Carlos Villagrá Fernández

Instituto de Ciencias de la construcción Eduardo Torroja
High Council of Scientific Research

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Two analysis models for masonry structures

Model based on force lines

Behaviour of rigid body for each wedge-piece

Force line inside the arch

The objective is to find an equilibrated solution, not the “real” one.

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Two analysis models for masonry structures

Model based on FEM with damage

Based on concrete behaviour

Non-elastic and non-linear material

Roughly [F]=(1-d)[K][D]

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Damage model in case of fire

[F]=(1-d)(1-d’)[K][D]
25

20
20 265
400

15
Tension

500

10

650

5
770

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Deformacion

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Possible configuration of an arch with damage on mortars or stones

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Possible configuration of an arch with damage on mortars or stones

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Conclusions

¥ Mechanical analysis is not the most important point in case of fire in heritage
buildings.

¥ This work line derives from concrete strutures models, where theoretical bahaviour
is closer to real behaviour.

¥ Theoretical results shoud be contrasted with tests.