ASSESSMENT OF FIRE RESISTANCE OF FIREPROOF STEEL BEAMS

Abstract

Purpose. Development of a computer model for the study of fire resistance of steel structures protected by fire-resistant coatings, using the example of a fire-resistant steel beam created in the LIRA-SAPR software complex (Ukraine). Methods. Finite element method, application of computational methods of numerical modelling of the LIRA-SAPR software complex, mathematical modelling of thermal processes of non-stationary thermal conductivity. Results. A computer model was developed in the LIRA- SAPR software complex, with the help of which thermal engineering calculation of the beam was carried out. The model makes it possible to evaluate the fire resistance of both unprotected and fire-protected steel beams, to take into account the properties of the beam material and the material of the fire-resistant coating. The peculiarity of modelling the non-stationary heating of a fire-resistant steel beam is to specify the thermophysical characteristics of the fire-resistant coating when solving the problem of non-stationary thermal conductivity. The results of the calculated determination of the fire resistance of the fire-resistant steel beam were compared with experimental data. As a result, a satisfactory convergence of the results of the calculation and experimental study of fire resistance was established (the error is no more than 12%). The results of the experimental determination of the fire resistance of unloaded beams under fire conditions of the standard fire temperature regime were analysed. The accuracy of the developed computer model was evaluated with the results of the experiment. Scientific novelty. A finite-element model of a fire-resistant steel beam has been developed in the LIRA- SAPR software complex, which allows calculating the fire resistance limits of beams protected by fire-resistant coatings with scientifically justified parameters with sufficient accuracy for engineering calculations. Practical significance. It consists in creating the basis for the calculated assessment of fire resistance of building structures protected by fire-resistant coatings by creating computer models capable of performing fire resistance calculations. Due to this, there should be a significant reduction in the cost of work on fire resistance assessment and, as a result, an increase in the effectiveness of measures to increase the fire resistance of building structures.