New Construction Engineering Study Results Reported from Michigan State University

摘要

2011 MAR 23 - (VerticalNews.com) -- "A performance based approach is developedrnfor assessing the fire resistance of restrained beams," scientists in the United States report.rn"The proposed approach, based on equilibrium and compatibility principles, takesrninto consideration the influence of many factors including fire scenario, end restraints,rnconnection configuration (location of axial restraint force), thermal gradient, load level, beam geometry, and failure criteria in evaluating fire resistance. The validity of the approach isrnestablished by comparing the predictions from the proposed approach with results obtained fromrnrigorous finite element analysis," wrote M.M.S. Dwaikat and colleagues, Michigan StaternUniversity.