EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF THE REAL FLAME EMISSIVITY FOR STEEL ELEMENTS ENGULFED INTO FIRE

摘要

This paper presents the results of an experimental campaign performed to assess the effect of the flame emissivity for steel members engulfed into fire. In detail, two sizes of circular steel tubes were engulfed into pool fires of two different diameters. Two fuels were used and for both fuels tests without column (used as comparison with existing localised fire models) and with column were performed. The temperature of the column and of the flames were measured at different heights. The width of the flame was also measured and used to calculate the emissivity of the flame the value of which was employed in numerical simulations in order to predict the evolution of the temperature of the steel column. Comparison with numerical analyses where the recommended values of the Eurocode were used is also shown.