Performance of concrete members subjected to large hydrocarbon pool fires

Zwiers, Renata I.; Morgan, Bruce J.

doi:10.15554/pcij.01011989.120.136

Title: Performance of concrete members subjected to large hydrocarbon pool fires

Abstract

The authors discuss an investigation to determine analytically if the performance of concrete beams and columns in a hydrocarbon pool test fire would differ significantly from their performance in a standard test fire. The investigation consisted of a finite element analysis to obtain temperature distributions in typical cross sections, a comparison of the resulting temperature distribution in the cross section, and a strength analysis of a beam based on temperature distribution data. Results of the investigation are reported.

Authors:

Zwiers, Renata I. ^[1]; Morgan, Bruce J. ^[1]

Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc., Skokie, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

Research Org.:: Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc., Skokie, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 5237698

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: PCI Journal

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 34; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0887-9672

Publisher:: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 02 PETROLEUM; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; CONCRETES; PERFORMANCE TESTING; HYDROCARBONS; FIRES; CROSS SECTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; BUILDING MATERIALS; MATERIALS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TESTING; 020600* - Petroleum- Health & Safety; 360603 - Materials- Properties; 400800 - Combustion, Pyrolysis, & High-Temperature Chemistry; 990200 - Mathematics & Computers

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                    Zwiers, Renata I., and Morgan, Bruce J. Performance of concrete members subjected to large hydrocarbon pool fires.  United States: N. p., 1989. 
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                    Zwiers, Renata I., & Morgan, Bruce J. Performance of concrete members subjected to large hydrocarbon pool fires.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.15554/pcij.01011989.120.136

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  title        = {Performance of concrete members subjected to large hydrocarbon pool fires},

  author       = {Zwiers, Renata I. and Morgan, Bruce J.},

  abstractNote = {The authors discuss an investigation to determine analytically if the performance of concrete beams and columns in a hydrocarbon pool test fire would differ significantly from their performance in a standard test fire. The investigation consisted of a finite element analysis to obtain temperature distributions in typical cross sections, a comparison of the resulting temperature distribution in the cross section, and a strength analysis of a beam based on temperature distribution data. Results of the investigation are reported.},

  doi          = {10.15554/pcij.01011989.120.136},

  journal      = {PCI Journal},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 34,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},

  month        = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}

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