Experimental and Numerical Studies of the Heat Transfer in Thin-Walled Rectangular Tubes under Fire

Abstract

The paper studies, experimentally and numerically, the fire behavior of some structural elements of symmetric-tubular (rectangular in this study) shapes using modern dimensional analysis (MDA). A model at a certain scale of the real prototype is analyzed in order to obtain its response in case of fires. Experimental measurements are performed on a 1:10 scale model of a real support pillar and compared with the results of the numerical simulation. The obtained results can have useful applications in engineering practice, allowing fast obtaining of results with minimal costs.