Abstract
The forthcoming design methods for steel structures subjected to fire in Eurocode 3 [1] differ considerably from the methods in the current German standard DIN 4102. The required fire protection material cannot be specified by simplified tables any longer. The structure will now be designed for the case of fire like it is done for ambient temperature. With this method the cost-intensive structural fire protection can be optimized or even be avoided. However, the more realistic design comes along with a higher effort of calculation. To minimize this effort, in [3] a design tool was developed and published in [4]. In this tool the design methods of the Eurocode have been diagrammed for simple use. However, it is based on the prestandard and cannot be used any longer due to some changes in the current Eurocode. Therefore updated diagrams are presented and fürther diagrams are added to reduce the calculation effort for the design of steel structures in fire as much as possible.
| Translated title of the contribution | Updated diagrams for fire design of steel structures based on Eurocode 3 |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages | 253-258 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Volume | 78 |
| No | 4 |
| Specialist publication | Stahlbau |
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| State | Published - Apr 2009 |