SHALLOW COMPOSITE FLOOR BEAMS – PROPOSAL OF A SIMPLIFIED ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR STANDARD FIRE RATING (CM 3/2025)
Shallow composite floor beams are a widely accepted solution for office, residential and other types of buildings. In most of their applications a standard fire resistance between R30 to R120 is required. Several fire tests were carried out in different laboratories over the last decades with various structural configurations, showing that this structural solution exhibits […]