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Behavior of Steel Columns in Fire

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Columns are the critical building components, failure of which usually leads to progressive collapse of the local or global structures.

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Zhang, C. (2015). Behavior of Steel Columns in Fire. In: Reliability of Steel Columns Protected by Intumescent Coatings Subjected to Natural Fires. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46379-6_5

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