معرفی کتاب Designing Steel Structures for Fire Safety
This book is a major new contribution to the wider understanding of structural behaviour in fires. The art and science of designing structures for fire safety has grown dramatically in recent years, accompanied by the development of sophisticated codes of practice such as the Eurocodes. The Eurocode documents have evolved over several decades and now represent the best international consensus on design rules for structures exposed to fires. Codes alone do not provide enough information for designers, especially as they become more sophisticated and comprehensive. Most codes have been written by a small army of dedicated experts, some of whom have been immersed in the project for many years with the responsibility to provide the correct rules, not always providing adequate guidance for using those rules. Designers want to understand the basic concepts of the code and the philosophy of the code-writers, together with hands-on advice for using the code. Structural design for fire is conceptually similar to structural design for normal temperature conditions, but often more difficult because of internal forces induced by thermal expansion, strength reduction due to elevated temperatures, much larger deflections, and many other factors. Before making any design it is essential to establish clear objectives, and determine the severity of the design fire. This book shows how these factors are taken into account, and gives guidance for all those wishing to use the Eurocodes for fire design of steel structures. Prof. Jean-Marc Franssen has been a pioneer in the field of structural design for fire safety, with extensive involvement in codes, software development, research, teaching, and consulting. He is also well known for establishing the SiF Structures in Fire international workshops. His co-authors are Dr Raul Zaharia, a leading European researcher in structural fire engineering, Prof. Venkatesh Kodur from Michigan State University who is one of the top researchers and teachers in structural fire design in North America. Together they have produced a book which will be extremely valuable to any design professionals or students wishing to use and understand Eurocode 3, or to learn more about the design of steel structures exposed to fires. The fire sections of the Eurocodes are considered to be among the most advanced international codes of practice on fire design of structures, and have attracted attention around the world. This book is an excellent introduction for readers from other regions who wish to become knowledgeable about the philosophy, culture and details of the Eurocodes for structural fire design