Reliability of Steel Columns Protected by Intumescent Coatings Subjected to Natural Fires

• Main Author: Zhang, Chao (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Building materials.; Structural materials.; Building Materials.; Structural Materials.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.

This thesis studied the effect of aging of intumescent coatings (ICs) on the reliability of protected steel columns in fire condition and developed a probabilistic approach to assess the service life of ICs applied on steel columns. In the study, Monte Carlo simulations were conducted to obtain the...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Fire Modeling
• Steel Temperature in Natural Fires
• Thermal Properties of Intumescent Coatings in Fire
• Behavior of Steel Columns in Fire
• Reliability Analysis
• Service Life of Intumescent Coatings
• Conclusions and Further Work.