Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 6: Fire Engineering 6 - vi SUMMARY This publication provides engineers with a wide range of strategies and design approaches for the fire safety design of multi-storey buildings. It contains background information and the design basis of fire safety engineering. Forms of construction covered in this publication include unprotected and protected steel members and composite members. In terms of fire safety strategies the reader will find guidance on active and passive fire protection as well as alternative structural solutions and structural fire design. Three different fire design approaches are covered in this guide:  Use of established datasheets.  Simple calculation models to EN 1993-1-2 and EN 1994-1-2.  Advanced calculation models. Engineers may use pre-engineered datasheets to ensure the fire safety of multi-storey buildings. More economic fire design solutions may be achieved by using the simple calculation models given in EN 1993-1-2 and EN 1994-1-2 or by carrying out advanced analyses based on engineering fundamentals and finite element techniques. The latter approach is generally applied by specialist fire engineers.