Experimental evaluation of composite floor assemblies under fire loading

Purushotham Pakala; Rustin Fike; Emily Wellman; Venkatesh Kodur; Amit Varma

doi:10.1061/41171(401)39

Experimental evaluation of composite floor assemblies under fire loading

Purushotham Pakala, Rustin Fike, Emily Wellman, Venkatesh Kodur, Amit Varma

Department of Architectural & Urban Systems Engineering

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Composite action in floor systems plays an important role in enhancing load carrying capacity. Fire resistance of composite floors however remains an uncertain issue. As such, the fire response of composite floor assemblies during fire resistance tests is presented in this paper. Three composite floor slab assemblies were tested under different fire scenarios, connection configurations and fire protection schemes in the beam. It was observed that the concrete slab plays a major role in transferring forces from one part of the slab assembly to the other. Data from these fire resistance tests are being used to develop and validate numerical models for tracing the fire response of floor slabs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress
Pages	451-462
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/41171(401)39
State	Published - 2011
Event	Structures Congress 2011 - Las Vegas, NV, United States Duration: 14 Apr 2011 → 16 Apr 2011

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Name	Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress

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Conference	Structures Congress 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas, NV
Period	14/04/11 → 16/04/11

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Pakala, P, Fike, R, Wellman, E, Kodur, V & Varma, A 2011, Experimental evaluation of composite floor assemblies under fire loading. in Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress. Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress, pp. 451-462, Structures Congress 2011, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 14/04/11. https://doi.org/10.1061/41171(401)39

Experimental evaluation of composite floor assemblies under fire loading. / Pakala, Purushotham; Fike, Rustin; Wellman, Emily et al.
Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress. 2011. p. 451-462 (Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress).

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