The Heating Rate Impact on Parameters Characteristic of Steel Behaviour Under Fire Conditions

The behaviour of steel structure components within a high temperature field depends not only on the absolute temperature, but also on the temperature vs time function and on the heating rate, dT/dτ. The research objective is the determination of the heating rate impact on selected strength parameters of structural steels. Tests were performed under conditions of a linear temperature increase with different heating rates and with a constant stress value, σ/fy . After strength tests, the samples were subjected to metallography. Test results proved that the heating rate makes a significant impact on parameters that determine the steel structure bearing capacity at higher temperatures and that the heating rate should be accounted for in the strength analysis of steel structures exposed to high temperatures.