Fire Performance of Structures. Report of Task Committee I.
Fire Performance of Structures. Report of Task
Committee I.
(510 K)
Lew, H. S.; Cauffman, S. A.; Kohno, M.; Naruse, T.
Technical Memorandum of PWRI 4075; Report of Task
Committee I;
Wind and Seismic Effects. U.S./Japan Natural Resources
Development Program (UJNR). Joint Meeting, 39th.
Technical Memorandum of PWRI 4075. Proceedings. May
14-16, 2007, Tsukuba, Japan, 469-470 pp, 2007.
Keywords:
wind effects; seismic design; structures; technology
utilization; structural systems; disasters;
investigations
Abstract:
The objectives of work include: (1) Increase the
availability of technology for evaluating the methods of
fire/structural interaction that will be used to improve
the performance of structures under fire loads. (2)
Promote post disaster investigations of fires following
natural and technological disasters that enhance the
Panel's core competencies in structural fire
technologies. (3) Encourage the development and sharing
of research findings among the world's researchers and
practitioners on the behavior of structural systems to
fires.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899