Case studies where state-of-the-art fire design has been used
will be provided, along with historical fires for a better understanding
of structural behaviour in real fires.
The first part of this section reviews the historical information
on major fire occurrences in buildings, civil constructions and
infrastructures, which resulted in structural damages including
partial or total failure/collapse of structural members.
It has been prepared based on information available in the public
domain, including news database and published literature. The
content will be updated as further information becomes available.
Any individuals and organisations having authoritative information
on these fire events are welcomed to contribute and validate
the content given here.
The review will generally identify the occurrence of fire, the
degree of fire damage, the types of construction, the fire protection
system, the lessons to be learned and the sources of information
for each fire event.
The review is divided into three groups according to the type
A 'comfort-factor' to designers using new and innovative design
methods is that other designers have applied the methods previously.
There are a number of examples, albeit from a limited number
of organisations, where new design methods have been successfully
applied to create more economical structures.