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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Concrete in Fire Forum, Autumn 2014


The BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering is happy to announce that next installment of the Concrete in Fire Forum, in conjunction with The Concrete Society, will be hosted at the University of Edinburgh.

When: 10.30 am Monday 17th November 2014 (we will finish around 4pm)
Where: Seminar room, Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions (CSEC), University of Edinburgh, Erskine Williamson Building, The King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
               Location info: https://www.csec.ed.ac.uk/contact-us
               Map: http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps?building=erskine-williamson-building 
Cost: £Free 

What is being presented?
  • Use of expert elicitation for probabilistic analysis of concrete structures in fire (Ioanna Ioannou, UCL)
  • Closed-form formulation of travelling fires in large enclosures and comparison of the peak temperature location along concrete and steel beams (Egle Rackauskaite, Imperial)
  • The Study of Concrete in Fire: An Overview of the Thermal Exposure (Cristian Maluk, Edinburgh)
  • Introducing The IFE Special Interest Group on Fire Resistance (Panos Kotsovinos, Arup)
  • Fire Tests for Tunnel Linings (Tom Lennon, BRE)
  • Punching shear of flat reinforced-concrete slabs under fire conditions (Holly Smith, Edinburgh)
  • Title to be confirmed (Nicolas Pinoteau/Pierre Pimienta, CSTB, France) 
Can I come? 

Yes you can, please email d.rush@ed.ac.uk for more details and to signify interest in the event.  

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