Mechanical properties of ultra-high strength (Grade 1200) steel tubes under cooling phase of a fire: An experimental investigation

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The research work presented in this paper was supported by the Australian Government-Department of Education and also by Australian Research Council through a Discovery Project (DP130100181) awarded to the second and third authors. The authors would like to thank the Monash Civil Engineering Workshop staff for their support in fabricating the tests specimens. The authors acknowledge the use of facilities at Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy. We also thank SSAB Corporation for providing ultra-high strength and high strength steel tubes.