Fire Performance-Based Design of Building Structures

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https://doi.org/10.3989/id56471

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Performance-Based Design, real fire, fluid dynamics, fire risk, thermo-mechanical models

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This Paper presents the advantages of Performance-Based Design regarding safety of structures under fire action. A general vision of this method is provided, and the advantages of its application are shown through a real case study. Although Performance Based Design has a long career in countries such as United Kingdom, United States or Japan, with more than 30 years of development and evolution, in Spain the code has allowed to use this method since just a decade ago. Nevertheless, although Spanish Building Technical Code encourages designers to carry out this work strategy, the information that is included for this purpose is yet scarce.

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Published

2017-09-30

How to Cite

Muñoz Blanc, C., & Fortea Navarro, I. (2017). Fire Performance-Based Design of Building Structures. Informes De La Construcción, 69(547), e215. https://doi.org/10.3989/id56471

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