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Enhancing Resilience of Urban Structures to Withstand Fire Hazard

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A new class of materials referred to as high performance materials are being increasingly used in urban infrastructure projects. Many of these materials have poor or unknown fire characteristics and addressing the fire safety of these materials and their integration into structural systems are critical for ensuring the safety of the built infrastructure. In the paper, the different conditions and complexities associated with characterizing fire hazards in built-infrastructure is explained. The factors that have significant influence on fire performance of structural systems in built infrastructure are discussed. The fire resistance problems, and research needs, for emerging high performing materials are outlined. Design strategies for integrating fire safety design with structural design, through a performance based methodology is outlined. Construction guidelines for enhancing the fire performance of structures constructed with high performing materials are presented through case studies.

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  1. Centre on SAFE-D, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, 3580 Engineering Building, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1226, USA

    Venkatesh K. R. Kodur (Professor and Director)

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  1. Emeritus Chemical Risk Management, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

    Hans J. Pasman (Prof. Emeritus Chemical Risk Management) (Prof. Emeritus Chemical Risk Management)

  2. Hydrogen Energy and Plasma Technologies Institute, Russian Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia

    Igor A. Kirillov

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Kodur, V.K.R. (2008). Enhancing Resilience of Urban Structures to Withstand Fire Hazard. In: Pasman, H.J., Kirillov, I.A. (eds) Resilience of Cities to Terrorist and other Threats. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8489-8_10

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