Research Article
Jan 1961
Research on Fire Resistance of Prestressed Concrete
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Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 126, Issue 2
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Most of the engineering information available on the fire endurance of concrete is of an empirical nature. A science of design for fire endurance, comparable to the existing science of design for mechanical loads, has not yet been developed.
With the strikingly rapid increase in use of prestressed concrete, the need for research facilities devoted specifically to concrete became pressing. Such facilities have been provided, as described, in the new Fire Research Center of Portland Cement Association (PCA).
The research program there comprises two separate but intimately related parts; there are tests with large furnaces and small-scale basic research on properties of concrete and steel at high temperatures. A long range objective is to assist in the development of reliable predictive methods.
In the lighter prestressed flexural elements, the concrete cover over the steel, and the mass or cross-sectional area are both important to fire endurance. Research in the Netherlands has resulted in recommendations that take both factors into account.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 126 • Issue 2 • January 1961
Pages: 1041 - 1052
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© 1961 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1961
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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Hubert Woods
Dir. of Research, Portland Cement Assoc. Research and Development Lab., Skokie, Ill.
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