5. Insulating metal parts
5.1 Fire stability time
Metal elements without specific surface treatment offer natural but limited fire resistance, generally not exceeding 30 min under standard load. This limitation can be partially offset by optimized structural design, and the use of modern thermal modeling techniques.
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- Eurocode 3 – Structural steel design – Part 1-2: General rules – Fire behavior calculations. - NF EN 1993-1-2 - 2005
- Eurocode 4 – Design of steel-concrete composite structures – Part 1-2: General rules – Fire behavior calculations. - NF EN 1994-1-2 - 2005
- Tests to measure the performance of building components in the event of fire – Part 8: Protection applied to structural steel elements. - NF EN 13381-8...
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