5. Insulating metal parts

5.1 Fire stability time

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5.1.1 Principle

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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CARVEL (R.) - L'ingénierie de la sécurité incendie : Structures en acier et béton. - Éditions Eyrolles (2012).
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Standards and norms

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...