Presents fire safety technology that are used around the world. This book provides a international perspective on such topics as: a unified approach to analyze the fire resistance of structural systems; techniques for evaluating the fire performance of steel, concrete, and other structural materials and use of elevators as a means of evacuation.
This book is intended for civil engineering courses dealing with design of steel structures. The material included in this volume permits its use as a textbook in both elementary and advanced courses, and the treatment of many basic as well as special problems in structural design makes it useful as a reference for practicing engineers