Concrete construction provides inherent fire resistance to structures, and properly designed and detailed concrete construction responds effectively to the requirements of fire safety. Advances in concrete technology enable structures not only to withstand adverse temperature differentials, but also to withstand structural collapse in major fires. Current practice is embracing these developing technologies, based on the uptake of new ideas, and as evidenced by the contributions in this volume. The book includes technical developments in materials and design, and case studies on the performance of concrete structures in fire conditions, grouped under the themes: Design and performance, and Assessing and rectifying damage. Each theme starts with a Keynote Paper by leading exponents in their fields. This volume forms Volume 5 of the six-volume set of proceedings of the International Congress 'Concrete: construction's sustainable option', organised by the Concrete Technology Unit of the University of Dundee in July 2008, and available as a set, ref. EP92, ISBN 978-1-84806-043-2.

Illustrations: Numerous line drawings and photos

Format: 234 x 156 mm, Hardback 354 Pages

• Opening Paper: Concrete behaviour under fire in tunnels: case histories (France)
• Theme 1: Design and performance
  • Keynote Paper: Fire safety with concrete (UK)
    • Flexural strength, deformation of RC sections
    • Creep of concrete at elevated temperatures
    • FE modelling of precast hollow-core floors
    • Analysis of transient heat transfer problems
    • Effect of W/C ratio, silica fume, fly ash
    • NSCs and HPCs exposed to high temperature
    • Ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete
    • Polypropylene fibre geometry and spalling mitigation
    • Fire load in a concrete building design
    • Heat-resisting concretes with mineral resources
    • A new design method for RC floor slabs in fire
  • Theme 2: Assessing and rectifying damage
    • Keynote Paper: Case studies: fire assessments in concrete buildings (UK)
      • Low grade concrete at high temperatures
      • Analysis of "compressive ring" in RC slabs in fire
      • Polypropylene fibre high-strength concretes
      • High temperatures and toughness and porosity
      • Assessing degradation of an RC hall affected by fire
      • Heat-resisting foam concrete with aluminium silicate
      • Alkali-activated aluminosilicates
      • high temperature on autoclaved aerated concrete
      • Prestressed hollow core concrete slabs
      • Fire endurance of RC columns
    • Closing Paper: Concrete exposed to fire (Sweden)