Journal
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIONAL STEEL RESEARCH
Volume 63, Issue 10, Pages 1396-1403Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2007.01.013
Keywords
steel beam; fire analysis; artificial neural networks; material modelling
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The paper presents an alternative approach to the modelling of the mechanical behaviour of steel frame material when exposed to the high temperatures expected in fires. Based on a series of stress-strain curves obtained experimentally for various temperature levels, an artificial neural network (ANN) is employed in the material modelling of steel. Geometrically and materially, a non-linear analysis of plane frame structures subjected to fire is performed by FEM. The numerical results of a simply supported beam are compared with our measurements, and show a good agreement, although the temperature-displacement curves exhibit rather irregular shapes. It can be concluded that ANN is an efficient tool for modelling the material properties of steel frames in fire engineering design studies. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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