[EN] Fire and post-fire behaviours of reinforced concrete columns confined by circular steel tubes, also known as circular steel tube confined reinforced concrete (STCRC) columns, are investigated in this paper. 5 full-scale ...
This paper describes sixteen fire tests conducted on slender circular hollow section columns filled with normal and high strength concrete, subjected to concentric axial loads. The test parameters were the nominal strength ...
This paper describes sixteen fire tests conducted on slender circular hollow section columns filled with normal and high strength concrete, subjected to concentric axial loads. The test parameters were the nominal strength ...
In this work, a non-linear three-dimensional finite element model is presented in order to study the behaviour of axially loaded concrete filled elliptical hollow section (CFEHS) columns exposed to fire. This study builds ...
Espinós Capilla, Ana; Romero, Manuel L.; Hospitaler Pérez, Antonio(Elsevier, 2013-11)
A method for calculating the design axial buckling load in the fire situation of unreinforced axially loaded concrete filled circular hollow section columns was presented by the authors in a previous paper [1]. In the ...
Romero, Manuel L.; Cajot,Louis-Guy; Conan, Yves; Braun, Matthias(Ernst und Sohn: OnlineOpen, 2015-05)
Slim-floor beams are well-known, sustainable and economical solutions for residential, commercial and industrial buildings. However, despite their widespread use, Eurocode 4 contains no specific simplified calculation ...
[DE] Die Slim-Floor-Bauweise ist eine erprobte und wirtschaftliche Lösung. Sie ermöglicht unter anderem eine erhebliche Reduzierung der Deckenstärke und wird zunehmend in Industrieund Gewerbegebäuden eingesetzt. Darüber ...
[EN] This paper presents an overview of fire hazard in bridges. A detailed review of actual fire incidents, case studies related to fire hazards, and post-fire assessment and repair strategies in bridges is presented and ...
Zhou, Kan; Han, Lin-Han(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-06-05)
[EN] Concrete-encased CFST (concrete filled steel tube) structure is a type of composite structure featuring an inner CFST component and an outer reinforced concrete (RC) component. They are gaining popularity in high-rise ...
Espinós Capilla, Ana; Romero, Manuel L.; Lam, Dennis(Elsevier, 2016-09)
This paper presents the results of a numerical investigation on strategies for enhancing the fire behaviour of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns by using inner steel profiles such as circular hollow sections ...
Espinós Capilla, Ana; Hospitaler Pérez, Antonio; Romero, Manuel L.(Czech Technical University in Prague - Central Library, 2009)
[EN] In recent years, concrete filled tubular (CFT) columns have become popular among designers and structural engineers, due to a series of
highly appreciated advantages: high load-bearing capacity, high seismic resistance, ...
Ibáñez Usach, Carmen(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-01-25)
[EN] The combination of different materials to form a single structural member to take profit of their individual good characteristics is a successfully established practice in building industry. In concrete filled tubular ...
[EN] There is no denying that there is a growing need for reusable systems in the construction industry. This is not only a by-product of the increasing demand of materials, but also a necessity to reduce greenhouse gas ...
Aguado López, José Vicente; Espinós Capilla, Ana; Hospitaler Pérez, Antonio; Ortega, J.; Romero, Manuel L.(Elsevier, 2012-10)
[EN] This paper describes standard scale fire tests conducted on four precast prestressed hollow core slabs configurations under flexure. The influence of the reinforcement arrangement was investigated using two test ...
[EN] Slim-floor beams have attracted the attention of designers in the last decades, owing to their ability for supporting intermediate loads without increasing the floor thickness. However, the behaviour of this type of ...
[EN] Previous investigations have highlighted that the current design method in Annex H of EN 1994-1-2 for the calculation of fire resistance of slender concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns was unsafe, which led ...
[EN] The slim-floor beam is a composite concrete-steel beam fully integrated into the floor depth that was developed at the beginning of the 1990s. This composite beam presents a very good behaviour during the fire event ...
Baeza García, Ramón(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-01-15)
[ES] El siguiente proyecto de investigación tiene como objetivo la funcionalización ignifuga de textiles de naturaleza lignocelulósica para ser empleados como refuerzo en la fabricación de composites ecológicos de alta ...
Espinós Capilla, Ana(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012-10-26)
El empleo de pilares tubulares de acero rellenos de honnigón (CFT) ha crecido en las
últimas décadas, debido a su excelente comportamiento estructural, que aprovecha el efecto
combinado del acero y honnigón trabajando ...
Medall-Martos, David; Espinós Capilla, Ana; ALBERO GABARDA, VICENTE; Ibáñez, Carmen; Romero, Manuel L.(Ernst und Sohn, 2022-09-16)
[EN] In previous research, the authors highlighted the limited fire resistance of slender concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns. A possible solution for enhancing the fire resistance of such columns consists of ...