@article{725820,
      recid = {725820},
      author = {Zhang, Chao,},
      title = {Reliability of steel columns protected by intumescent  coatings subjected to natural fires [electronic resource]  /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This thesis studied the effect of aging of intumescent  coatings (ICs) on the reliability of protected steel  columns in fire condition and developed a probabilistic  approach to assess the service life of ICs applied on steel  columns. In the study, Monte Carlo simulations were  conducted to obtain the reliability index or failure  probability of steel columns protected by ICs subjected to  compartment fires. ℗ℓThe effect of aging of intumescent  coatings on the failure probability of protected steel  columns was investigated by using variable insulation  property of intumescent coatings in the simulation. The  test data on aging effect on insulation property of  intumescent coatings from literature was used. Based on the  reliability analysis, a probabilistic approach is given to  determine the service life of intumescent coatings for  steel columns. In that approach, the failure probability of  the protected steel columns is compared with the target  probability of the structural fire design. The approach can  also be used for probabilistic analysis of steel columns  protected by conventional inert fire protection materials.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/725820},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46379-6},
}