Vulnerability of fire protection and structural safety of tall buildings
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Markus Knobloch
Mario Fontana Elio Raveglia Andrea Frangi |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | 17th IABSE Congress: Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, USA, 17-19 September 2008 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Chicago 2008 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 286-287 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2008 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137908796292704 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Based on experimental and numerical studies on the influence of local failure of structural fire protection on the fire resistance of structural steel members the paper analyses the vulnerability and robustness of fire protection and their consequences for tall buildings. The studies show that even small areas of missing protection distinctly decrease the fire resistance of structural members. For extreme events, like earthquake, impact or explosion followed by a subsequent fire, the vulnerability of fire protection is important for the structural safety of tall buildings and avoiding progressive collapse. |
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| Keywords: |
robustness progressive collapse vulnerability tall buildings fire measure
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