Progressive collapse behavior of reinforced concrete frame exposed to high temperature
Journal of Structural Fire Engineering
ISSN: 2040-2317
Article publication date: 9 December 2020
Issue publication date: 18 March 2021
Abstract
Purpose
Technological innovations in the construction field correspond to a wider revolution in metropolitan life and in structural design. With the demand for advanced concrete technology, the introduction of new reinforced materials in concrete, namely, iron, steel and other reinforcing elements. Reinforcement in concrete is developed in the centuries back and several advancements are being stirred to improvise the properties of the concrete through reinforcements. On the basis of this finding from the earlier research studies, a reinforcement methodology is practiced on the current study to investigate the deflection of the M30 mix concrete frame under thermal load conditions.
Design/methodology/approach
For the examination, corner and the middle frame are considered with the reinforcement provided on four zones with 16-mm diameter for compression and 8-mm diameter is used for the stirrup at 150 mm c/c spacing. The load is applied to the column with live and wall load of 3.5 kN/m and 14.7KN/m. The experimentation is carried out by the finite element analysis strategy in ABAQUS simulation software with five test conditions with the bare frame at single, two and three-bay infill. The model of the frame is developed and meshed with the meshing type of C3D8T under 8-node thermally coupled brick mesh type for the mesh size of 25 mm.
Findings
From the simulation outcome, the effect of thermal gradient on the reinforced concrete is analyzed and its structural properties are plotted as performance graphs in the result section.
Originality/value
Under the thermal load condition, the model is simulated for 180 min for five different cases and analyzed the deflection parameters such as deformation, stress and failure rate.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and publication of this article.
Citation
N., P. and K.S., S. (2021), "Progressive collapse behavior of reinforced concrete frame exposed to high temperature", Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 110-124. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSFE-05-2020-0016
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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