Structural Fire Engineering

The design of structural members and specifically the passive protection for the same can be optimized by the use of structural fire engineering. This type of analysis evaluates the thermal effects of fires on structural members by the use of heat transfer and finite element analysis the structural response to design fires. As per the latter, it can be evaluated the response of structural systems in fire conditions.

Our services includes the non-linear analysis of structural systems in case of fire of steel, reinforced concrete, timber and composite construction as well as load bearing analysis of special load-bearing elements.

Analysis of this type is often used as a performance based design alternative to the traditional prescriptive approach which it could be costly, non-aesthetic and difficult to maintain.

JVVA has the experience of using structural fire engineering on a number of different projects. The main benefits that structural fire engineering can provide are improved aesthetics and structural robustness, reduced construction cost, reduced maintenance cost and increased property protection.