Benchmark example problems for beams at elevated temperatures

Authors

  • Bartlomiej Sawicki
  • Jan Pelczynski
  • Leslaw Kwasniewski

Abstract

The paper presents development of a series of solutions for beams at elevated temperatures which are supposed to serve as benchmark problems for applications of computational models in fire structural engineering. Three cases of loading i.e. pure bending, central force, and uniformly distributed loading, are considered for a simply supported, and fixed on both ends beams at uniformly distributed elevated temperature varying in time. The results are provided in terms of the midspan deflection for specified loading levels and temperatures. The results mainly obtained using finite element (FE) models and two commercial codes, are verified through comparison with analytical solutions for simplified cases and through parametric study aimed to examine the effect of modelling parameters. The numerical results are subjected to mesh density study using the grid convergence index (GCI) concept.

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Published

2015-10-15

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2013: Proceedings of International Conference in Prague 19-20 April 2013

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