Assessment of structures repeatedly exposed to thermal loading and extinguishing water: a case study of a firefighting training facility

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F23%3A00371079" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/23:00371079 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2023.63.0396" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2023.63.0396</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14311/AP.2023.63.0396" target="_blank" >10.14311/AP.2023.63.0396</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Assessment of structures repeatedly exposed to thermal loading and extinguishing water: a case study of a firefighting training facility

Original language description

When designing a new structure or assessing an existing one, the risk of fire and its effect on the structure must be considered. Structures are usually assessed for fire resistance at the design stage – i.e. before the possible exposure to fire. If structure is exposed to fire during its service life, a post-fire assessment must be conducted in order to evaluate whether the structure is still safe and reliable for use. The post-fire assessment is conducted quite regularly; however, the assessment is usually conducted for structures exposed to fire only once. This paper presents an interesting and unique case study of a post-fire structural analysis of a firefighting training facility exposed to cyclic fire loading and the effect of extinguishing water. The main conclusion of the study is that though means of protection are recommended, the structure still has a sufficient load-bearing capacity and can continue being used as a firefighting training facility in the future. Aside from the specific conclusions for the investigated structure, this paper presents the best practices and methods for the post-fire assessment of structures exposed to repeated fire loading, and can thus be used as a guidance by other engineers and researchers interested in this topic.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20101 - Civil engineering

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Polytechnica

ISSN

1210-2709

e-ISSN

1805-2363

Volume of the periodical

63

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

396-410

UT code for WoS article

001143265100006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85188059952