A case study of fires in structural elements

Nils Johansson; Patrick van Hees

doi:10.1051/matecconf/20164606001

A case study of fires in structural elements

Nils Johansson, Patrick van Hees

Division of Fire Safety Engineering

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Abstract

Several severe fires in structural elements, or so-called "structural fires", have occurred in Sweden in recent years. In order to study this phenomenon, a dozen fires in structural elements have been studied in a recent project. This paper provides a description of the characteristics of "structural fires" and examples of how such events can be managed and limited. Constructional fire protection, rescue service response and fire development are the three main factors that control the outcome of structural fires. However, there are several underlying and more specific factors affecting the outcome of each fire.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MATEC Web of Conferences
Publisher	EDP Sciences
Volume	46
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20164606001
Publication status	Published - 2016 May 4
Event	2nd International Seminar for Fire Safety of Facades, FSF 2016 - Lund, Sweden Duration: 2016 May 11 → 2016 May 13

Conference

Conference	2nd International Seminar for Fire Safety of Facades, FSF 2016
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Lund
Period	2016/05/11 → 2016/05/13

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Other Civil Engineering

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