Abstract: This paper presents experimental studies on the performance of planar moment steel frames with one column heated. The novelty of these tests is that the influences of key stages in the response of the heated column under ...

Abstract: This paper reports comparative studies of the fire behavior of partially encased composite beams (PECBs), slim-floor composite beams (SFCBs), and fully encased composite beams (FECBs) using validated numerical models. The ...