TY  - BOOK
AU  - Purkiss, John A.
TI  - Fire safety engineering design of structures
SN  - 0750664436
U1  - 693.82 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Elsevier
N1  - CONTENTS Preface to the second edition  xiii Acknowledgements  xvii Notation  xxi 1. Fire safety engineering  1 2. Design philosophies  14 3. Prescriptive approach  26 4. Behaviour of natural fires  43 5. Properties of materials at elevated temperatures  78 6. Calculation approach  142 7. Design of concrete elements  168 8. Design of steel elements  203 9. Composite construction  253 10. Design of timber elements  278 11. Masonry, aluminium, plastics and glass  297 12. Frames  303 13.Assessment and repair of fire-damaged structures  323 14. Postscript  347 References  349 Authors index  377 Subject index  383
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