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Technical basis on structural fire resistance design in building standards law of Japan
Author(s) -
Harada Kazunori,
Ohmiya Yoshifumi,
Natori Akiko,
Nakamichi Akiko
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.857
Subject(s) - fire resistance , structural engineering , bending moment , fire safety , engineering , monte carlo method , structural integrity , bending , law , forensic engineering , civil engineering , mathematics , materials science , statistics , political science , composite material
Structural fire resistance design method came into effect due to the revision of Japan's building code (building standards law of Japan) in June 2001. The method includes standard methods to calculate (1) fire exposure to structural elements, (2) temperature rise of steel and RC elements during fire exposure and (3) structural end points such as ultimate steel temperature for buckling of columns, bending failure of beams and so on. This paper discusses the technical basis for design methods especially focused on steel framed buildings. The calculated values by design equations were compared with experimental values in order to examine the redundancies implied. In the final stage, all the redundancies were combined by Monte‐Carlo method and first‐order moment method (AFORM). Target safety index and corresponding partial safety factors were discussed. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.