Performance of Concrete Members Subjected to Large Hydrocarbon Pool Fires

摘要

style="text-align: left;">The performance of structural rnembers and assemblies exposed to fire  conditions resulting from large, outdoor, free burning, fluid hydrocarbon fueled pool fires is of concern in the design of Hydrocarbon Processing Industry (HPI) facilities and other facilities where this type of fire can occur. Fire resistance ratings for most structural concrete components have been determined in accordance  with ASTM Designation: E119, "Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials."1 However, since outdoor hydrocarbon pool fires are significantly different than building fires, special  hydrocarbon pool fire models and associated test procedures have been developed. >References style="text-align: left;">1. ASTM Committee E-5, "Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials, ASTM Designation: E119," American Society for Testing and  Materials, 1985 Annual Book of Standards, V. 04.07, 1985, style="text-align: left;">2. ASTM Committee E-5, "Proposed Test Methods for Determining Effects of Large Hydrocarbon Pool Fires on Structural Members and Assemblies, ASTM Designation: E5 P191, - American Society for Testing and Materials, 1986 Annual Book Standards, V. 04.07, 1985. style="text-align: left;">3. PCI Design Handbook -Precast and Prestressed Concrete, Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago, Illinois, Third Edition, 1.985. style="text-align: left;">4. ACI Committee 216, "Guide for Determining the Fire Endurance of Concrete Elements (ACI 216R-81)," American Concrete Institute, Detroit, Michigan, 1981, 44 pp. style="text-align: left;">5. CRSI Reinforced Concrete Fire Resistance,Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 1980. style="text-align: left;">6. Wickstrom, U., "TASEF-2 A Computer Program for Temperature Analysis of Structures Exposed to Fire," Report No. 79-2, Department of Structural Mechanics, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden, 1979. style="text-align: left;">7. Forsen, N. E., "A Theoretical Study on the Fire Resistance of Concrete Stniclures," SINTEF Report No. STF65 A82062, Norwegian Institute of Technology,  University of Trondheim,Trondheim,  Norway, 1982, 213 pp. style="text-align: left;">8. Ellingwood, B., and Shaver, J. N., "Effects of Fire on Reinforced Concrete Members," Journal of the Structural Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, V. 106, No. ST11, November  1980, style="text-align: left;">9. Anderberg, Y., "Fire-Exposed Hyperstatic Concrete Structures - An Experimental  and Theoretical Study," Bulletin 55, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden, 1976, 186 pp. style="text-align: left;">10. Harmathy, T. Z., "Thermal Properties of Concrete at Elevated Temperatures," Journal of Materials, V. 5, No. 1, March 1970, pp. 47-74.