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Question 1
a)
b)
c)
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d)
2r 2
L2
EA
1 + kL
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Spring
stiffness, k
Figure Q1.
Question 2
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
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Briefly outline three passive fire protection methods used for steel
structures.
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Question 3
A simply supported concrete slab with details as shown in Figure Q3 is
heated from below by a Standard Fire. Using the information on the
supplied data sheet calculate the temperature of the reinforcement after
90 minutes.
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c)
Calculate the design bending moment per unit width for the slab.
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d)
a)
b)
e)
6m
Slab thickness=200mm
Concrete Density=24kN/m3
Concrete strength=30MPa
Bottom cover to bars = 15mm
Bar diameter = 16mm
Bar spacing=130mm
Steel yield strength at 0C = 300MPa
Design live load in fire conditions= 3kN/m2
Figure Q3
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Question 4
a)
b)
An insulated steel beam with volume V per unit length and exposed
area F per unit length is placed in a fire compartment. Assuming the
insulation has no heat capacity, derive an expression for the rise in
temperature in the steel beam Ts in a short time-interval t. The
insulation has thickness di and conductivity ki. The steel has density s,
specific heat capacity cs and conductivity ks. Take the initial gas and
steel temperatures to be Tg and Ts respectively. Identify any
assumptions in your derivation.
Numerical values for the quantities in part a) are as follows
s cs
di
ki
F/V
= 4710000 JK-1m-3
=20mm
=0.15Wm-1K-1
=30m-1
c)
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TS
(C)
TA
(C)
20
184
380
461
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TS (C)
Fki (Tg Ts )
s cs
T =
Vd i s cs c + Fd i i ci
s s
2V
Where:
i = the density of the insulation
ci = the specific heat capacity of the insulation.
and other terms are as defined in part a).
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