Structural fire design
A guide to selecting the appropriate method for the design of elements in the fire condition is given in Figure 1 below.
A chapter covering the structural fire design of concrete structures to Eurocode 2, Part 1-2: structural fire design is available in the publication How to Design Concrete Structures to Eurocode 2.
Figure 1: Flow chart showing which fire resistance design method to adopt
Extract from 'How to Design for Concrete Structures using Eurocode 2' (Page 101, Figure 1)
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