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Performance of High Strength Concrete walls subjected to fire
TB Ta, T Ngo, P Mendis, N Haritos
Incorporating Sustainable Practice in Mechanics of Structures and Materials Proceedings of the 21st Australian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials | CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP | Published : 2011
Abstract
Concrete wall panels 1000(W)×2400(H)×150 mm(T) were subjected to eccentric axial load and both standard fire and hydrocarbon fire to investigate the fire performance of Normal Strength Concrete (NSC) and High Strength Concrete (HSC) walls under fire conditions. Thermal transfer, spalling, and wall displacements were the main factors compared to assess fire performance. The numerical models were built to analyse the structural response to both fire and eccentric axial load.The main findings are: the HSCwalls suffered significantly more damage from hydrocarbon fires than NSC walls primarily due to explosive spalling which reduced the ultimate capacity of the HSC walls. The explosive spalling o..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This project was partly funded by the Vietnamese government, IDT group, and IBST. The authors would also like to thank staffs and friends at IBST where the experimental work was conducted.