Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers ...

Using PBSFD, engineers can predict the behavior of a frame in fire, such as vertical displacement of floor beams over time. Graphic courtesy of SEI/ASCE, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (2019) and SAFIR ...

Structural fire engineering and safety represent a critical interdisciplinary field focused on ensuring that buildings and infrastructure maintain their integrity and functionality during fire ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Most people view tunnels as a matter of convenience, a way to get from Point A to Point B with minimum complications — depending on weather and traffic patterns, of course. Negar ...

As wildfires threaten densely populated areas worldwide with increasing frequency and intensity, Thomas Gernay, an associate professor in civil and systems engineering at Johns Hopkins University, is ...

Within the broad discipline of structural fire suppression and firefighting, the factor that defines all phases of operations, tactical assignments, command and incident outcomes is building structure ...

MCD Fire Engineering is bringing the latest innovations in fire safety from Australia to Ireland - and vice versa, aiming to incorporate the best of both worlds in the application of fire safety ...

With structural steel used in around 70 per cent of multistorey buildings, understanding how to passively protect this element in the case of fire is hugely important. So said Geoff Wilkinson, who ...

Recently, Trina Storage has successfully completed a full-container 5MWh Large-Scale Fire Test (LSFT) of its self-developed Elementa 2 Pro system under extreme conditions, achieving zero thermal ...

Feng Fu receives funding from European Commission Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS). In the middle of the night, while most residents were sleeping, a devastating fire started at Grenfell Tower ...