References of the software SAFIR
- Publications
The following list gives the bibliographical references of theses and scientific papers in conferences or journals that either explain the theory at the base of SAFIR or show results of research works undertaken with SAFIR. Only references that have the author of SAFIR in the author's list are reported here. Other publications have been written by scientists of other research groups.
- Theory, bases and validation
The unloading of building materials submitted to fire, J.-M. Franssen, Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 16, N°3 (1990), 213-227
A comparison between five structural fire codes applied to steel elements, J.-M. Franssen, J.-B. Schleich, L.-G. Cajot, D. Talamona, B. Zhao, L. Twilt and K. Both, Fourth International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Ottawa, (1994), 1125-1136
Numerical simulation of a full scale fire test on a loaded steel framework, J.-M. Franssen, C.M.E. Cooke & D.J. Latham, J. Constructional Steel Research., Vol. 35 (1995), 377-407
Residual stresses in steel profiles submitted to the fire : an analogy, J.-M. Franssen, Proc. of the 3rd CIB/W 14 FSF Workshop on Modelling, L. Twilt, editor, TNO, (1996), 103-112
Contributions à la modélisation des incendies dans les bâtiments et de leurs effets sur les structures, J.-M. Franssen, Thèse d'agrégation de l'enseignement supérieur, Univ. de Liège, (1997), pp 484.
Evaluation of the thermal part of the code SAFIR by comparison with the code TASEF, D. Pintea & J.-M. Franssen, Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Steel Structures, Vol. 2, M. Ivan ed., MIRTON, Timisoara, (1997), 636-643
User Manual for SAFIR A Computer Program for Analysis of Structures at Elevated Temperature Conditions, D. I. Nwosu, V. K. R. Kodur, J.-M. Franssen & J. K. Hum, National Research Council Canada, int. Report 782 (1999), pp 69
New quadrangular shell element in SAFIR, D. TALAMONA, J.-M. FRANSSEN, Proc. 1rst int. Structures in Fire workshop, J. M. Franssen ed., Liège (2000), 195-210
Numerical Modelling of Lateral-Torsional Buckling of Steel I-Beams under Fire Conditions - Comparison with Eurocode 3, Paulo M. M. Vila Real & Jean-Marc Franssen, J. Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 11, N°2 (2001), 112-128
Nonlinear Thin Shell Finite Element for Steel and Concrete Structures Subjected to Fire: Theoretical Development, Talamona D. & Franssen J.-M., J. Applied Fire Science, Baywood Publishing Company Inc., Vol. 11, N°4 (2002-2003), 291-310.
SAFIR. A Thermal/Structural Program Modelling Structures under Fire, Jean-Marc Franssen, Proc. NASCC 2003, A.I.S.C. Inc., Baltimore, April 2-4 (2003)
Validation of a shell finite element for concrete and steel structures subjected to fire, D. Talamona, L. Lim & J.-M Franssen, 4th Int. Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Londonderry, University of Ulster, 8-12 September, pp198-199 (2003)
Heat transfer by radiation in internal cavities with a complex shape, Franssen J-M, Proc. of the SEI-SFPE conf. Designing structures for fire, Baltimore, DEStech Publ. Inc. (2003), 33-42
Dynamic Analysis Used to Cope with Partial and Temporary Failures, Franssen J-M, Gens F, SiF'04, Structures in Fire, Proc. of the 3rd Intl Workshop, NRC-CNRC, IRC, Ottawa, Franssen, Benichou, Kodur & Sultan ed. (2004), 297-310
Numerical modelling of two-way reinforced slabs in fire, Lim L, Buchanan A, Moss P, Franssen J-M, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 26 (2004), 1081-1091
Validation of a shell finite element for concrete and steel structures subjected to fire, Talamona D, Lim L. & Franssen J.-M., Fire and Explosion Hazards, Proc. 4th Int. Seminar, Bradley D. et al ed., Newtownabbey (2004), 577-588
SAFIR. A Thermal/Structural Program Modelling Structures under Fire, Franssen J.-M., Engineering Journal, A.I.S.C., Vol 42, No. 3 (2005), 143-158
A Quadrangular Shell Finite Element for Concrete and Steel Structures Subjected to Fire, D. Talamona & J-M Franssen, Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 15 (2005), 237-264
Numerical analysis of the effect of localised fires on composite steel concrete buildings, J-M Franssen, D. Pintea & J. C. Dotreppe, 4th Int. workshop Structures in Fire, Univ. of Aveiro, Vila real et al. ed. (2006), 885-896
3D simulation of Industrial Hall in case of fire Benchmark between ABAQUS, ANSYS and SAFIR, Cajot L.G. & Vassart O. PROFILARBED Research, Luxembourg; O'Connor M. & Shenkai Y. Corus United Kingdom Limited; Fraud C. & Zhao B. CTICM, France; De la Quintana J. & Martinez de Aragon J. Fundacion LABEIN Spain; Franssen J.M. & Gens F, University of Liège, Belgium (.pdf)
Numerical modelling of membrane action of composite slabs in fire situation, C. Vulcu, Th. Gernay, R. Zaharia, J.M. Franssen (.pdf)
Large-scale fire test of unprotected cellular beam acting in membrane action, O. Vassart, C. G. Bailey, M. Hawes, A. Nadjai, W. I. Simms, B. Zhao, T. Gernay, J.M. Franssen (.pdf)
- Applications
SAFIR applied to prestressed beams at ambient temperature, J.-M. Franssen, External Prestressing in Structures. Non-Linear Calculation Tests of Prestressed Beams, Association Française pour la Construction, (1993), 67-73
Design and Tests of Prestressed Concrete Beams, J.-M. Franssen & A. Bruls, Proc. 5th Int. Symp. on Fire Safety Science, Melbourne, IAFSS, Hasemi ed., Tsukuba, (1997), 1081-1092
Numerische Modellierung von Tragwerken unter Brandeinwirkung, J.-M. Franssen, Stahlbau 68, Heft 6, (1999),421-428
Application of the SAFIR Computer Program for Evaluating Fire Resistance, V. K. R. Kodur, D. I. Nwosu, M. A. Sultan and J.-M. Franssen, Proc. Third Int. Conf. on Fire Research and Engineering, SFPE-NIST-IAFSS, Chicago, (1999), 287-295
Failure temperature of a System Comprising a Restrained Column Submitted to Fire, J.-M. Franssen, Fire Safety Journal, Vol 34 (2000), 191-207
Residual load bearing capacity of structures exposed to fire, J.-M. FRANSSEN, V. KODUR, Invited paper, Proc. ASCE structures Congress, Washington DC, (2001), pp. 12.
Numerical Determination of 3D temperature fields in steel joints, Jean-Marc Franssen & Luc Brauwers, Proc. 2nd int. Workshop "Structures in Fire", Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, P. J. Moss ed. (2002), 1-20
Lateral Buckling of Steel I Beams at Elevated Temperature - Comparison between the Modelling with Beam and Shell Elements, Valdenir de Souza Junior & Jean-Marc Franssen, Proc. 3rd European Conf. On Steel Structures, ISBN: 972-98376-3-5, Coïmbra, Univ. de Coïmbra, A. Lamas & L. Simoes da Silva ed. (2002), 1479-1488
Numerical modelling of a single storey industrial building at elevated temperature - comparison between the 2D and 3D analyses, V. de Souza Junior, G. J. Creus & J.-M. Franssen, MECOM 2002, First South-American Congress on Computational Mechanics, Santa Fe-Paraná, Argentina (2002), 1986-1997.
Consequences of imperfect insulation - Numerical Modeling, Jean-Marc Franssen, Fire Protection Engineering Magazine, S.F.P.E., Issue No. 18 (2003), 24-33.
Numerical determination of 3D temperature fields in steel joints, Franssen J-M, Fire and Materials, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 28 (2004), 63-82
Fire safety engineering analysis of a supermarket structure composed of cambered cellular beams, Franssen J.-M., Majkut S., Cajot L.-G. & Vassart O., EUROSTEEL 2005, 4th European Conf. on Steel and Composite Structures, Hoffmeister B. & Hechler O. ed., Aachen (2005), 137-144
Failure of a Tied-Arch Bridge Submitted to a Severe Localized Fire, Dotreppe J.-C., Majkut S. & Franssen J.-M., Structures and Extreme Events, IABSE Symposium Lisbon, I.A.B.S.E. (2005), 272-273
Development of a new composite cellular beam. Olivier Vassart and Louis-Guy Cajot, ArcelorMittal R&D Long Carbon, Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg, Jean-Pierre Muzeau and Hamid Bouchaïr, from Blaise Pascal University, Clermont Ferrand, France. THE SINGAPORE ENGINEER, Aug 2008 (.pdf)
Performance of Cellular composite floor beams at elevated temperatures, NADJAI, O. VASSART, F. ALI, D.TALAMONA, A. ALLAM, M. HAWES Fire Safety Journal, Volume 42, Issues 6-7, September-October 2007, Pages 489-497 (.pdf)
- Theory, bases and validation
- Users
The following list gives the name of universities, research centres, design offices and control office that have acquired a licence of SAFIR. Only licences for the full version of the program are listed here, either commercial licences, education licences or free research licences. Licences for a limited free demonstration version are not listed here (244 at the moment).
- Universities and research centres
Country Name Continent Town Year Algeria Université 8 mai 45 Africa Guelma 2008 Australia Queensland University of Technology Oceania Brisbane 2006 Technische Universität Wien Europe Wien 2006 Holzforschung Europe Wien 2008 Belgium Centre de R&D de Cockerill-Sambre - RDCS (Arcelor Group) Europe Liège 2003 De Nayer Instituut - Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst Europe Sint-Katelijne-Waver 2008 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven KUL Europe Leuven 2008 Gent university Europe Gent 2011 Brasil Escola Politchnica da Univ. de Sao Paulo America Sao Paulo 2000 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul America Porto Alegre 2000 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro America Rio de Janeiro 2001 Canada National Research Council of Canada America Ottawa 1997 Carleton University America Ottawa 2005 China South China University of Technology (SCUT) Asia Guangzhou 2007 Croatia University of Zagreb Europe Zagreb 2009 Czech Republic Czech Technical University Europe Prague 2004 Denmark Aarhus university Europe Aarhus 2010 Finland VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Europe Helsinky 2007 Tampere University of Technology Europe Tampere 2009 Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences Europe Seinäjoki 2011 France CSTB Europe Paris 2002 CTICM Europe Saint-Aubin 2007 ISMANS Europe Le Mans 2011 Germany Darmstadt University Europe Darmstatd 2007 RWTH Aachen Europe Aachen 2007 Leibniz Universitaet Hannover (LUH) Europe Hannover 2008 University GieBen Friedberg Europe Friedberg 2008 University of Munich (Tecnische Universität München) Europe Munich 2008 India Indian Institute of Technology Asia New Delhi 2011 Ireland University of Ulster Europe Ulster 2005 Israel National Building Reseach Technion City Asia Haifa 2000 Italy Univ. of Naples Federico II Europe Napoles 1999 Structura Engineering s.r.l. Europe Livorno 2001 Politecnico di Milano Europe Milan 2004 Universita Degli Studi di Perugia Europe Perugia 2005 University of Pisa Europe Pisa 2005 University Trento Europe Trento 2008 Japan Building Research Institute Asia Tsukuba 1997 Luxemburg ProfilARBED - Recherches Arcelor Mittal Europe Esch-sur-Alzette 2000 New Zealand University of Canterbury Oceania Christchurch 1997 N.Z. Heavy Eng. Research Org. HERA Oceania Auckland 2000 Sinclair Knight Merz Oceania Auckland 2000 Victoria University of Wellington Oceania Wellington 2000 Portugal University of Porto Europe Aveiro 1997 Instituto Politécnico De Bragança Europe Bragança 2001 University of Coimbra Europe Coimbra 2002 University of Porto Europe Porto 2003 Republic of
SingaporeNanyang Technological University Asia Nanyang 2001 National University of Singapore (NUS) Asia Singapore 2004 University of NewCastle Asia Singapore 2007 Romania Universitatea "Politehnica" din Timisoara Europe Timisoara 1997 South Korea Korea Institute of Construction Safety Technology Asia Goyang 2005 Spain LABEIN Europe Bilbao 2001 Universitat Politectnica de Catalunya Europe Barcelona 2005 Coperfil SA Europe Barcelona 2007 Sweden Trätek - Swedish Institute of Wood Technology Research Europe Stockolm 2003 Switzerland E.T.H. Hönggerberg Europe Zurich 1997 Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Europe Lausanne 2009 Turkey KTU Karadeniz Teknik universitesi Europe Merkez 2008 United Kingdom University of Manchester Europe Manchester 2001 Building Research Establishment – BRE Europe Garston 2004 Building Research Establishment Ltd Europe Watford 2004 Kingston University Europe Kingston 2005 The University of Edinburgh Europe Edinburg 2011 USA University of Texas America Austin 1995 ATLSS Engineering Research Center Lehigh University America Bethlehem 1996 The National Institute of Standards and Technology America Gaithersburg 1996 University of Maryland America Washington D.C. 1997 University of Illinois America Urbana 2002 Princeton University America Princeton 2003 Michigan State University America East Lansing 2005 Lawrence Technological University (LTU) America Southfield 2008 North Carolina States Univeristy America Raleigh 2008 University System of New Hampshire America Durham 2008 Hinman Consulting Engineers, Inc, America San Francisco 2010 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) Asia Ho Chi Minh City 2003
- Design offices
Country Name of the company Continent Town Year Australia Ingenieur Kons. Fur Bauwesen (ÖSTV) Europe Wien 2003 Arup Fire Melbourne Oceania Melbourne 2007 Belgium Centre Scientifique et Technique de la Construction Europe Bruxelles 2005 Technum Tractebel Europe Gent 2006 Ingenieursbureau Meijer Europe Wilrijk 2009 StuBeCo bvba Europe Overpelt 2009 Bureau Greisch Europe Liege 2011 ETS E. Ronveaux S.A. Europe Ciney 2011 Brazil Fundacao Christiano Ottoni America Belo Horizonte 2011 France CERIB Europe Epernon 2006 E2C Atlantique Europe Nantes 2007 Efectis - France Maizères-lès-Metz Europe Maizières-lès-Metz 2007 Efectis - France Montpellier Europe Montpellier 2007 Efectis - France Paris Europe Paris 2007 Briand Construction metalliques Europe Les Herbiers 2007 Terrell International S.A.S. Europe Boulogne 2007 INERIS/ENSIB Europe Bourges 2009 Société Roger Delattre Europe Wimille 2010 Egis Tunnels Europe Annecy 2011 Castel et Fromaget Europe Fleurance 2011 SAGL Europe Paris 2011 Germany Lenz Weber Ingenieure Europe Frankfurt 2002 BFT Cognos Europe Aachen 2008 Hagen Ingenieurgesellschaft für Brandschutz mbH i. G. Europe Kleve 2008 Lorenz Ingenieurbüro für Brandschutz & Bauwesen Europe Holzminden 2009 Ireland Arup Fire Dublin Europe Dublin 2000 Italy Studio di ingeneria delle structure Europe Livorno 2007 Aditinet Consulting SpA Europe Roma 2010 Buonomo & Veglia Europe Torino 2011 Luxemburg Schroeder & Associes Europe Luxembourg 2005 Best Ingénieurs Conseils Europe Senningerberg 2009 ArcelorMittal Esch, Research and Development Europe Esch-sur-Alzette 2011 Ingénieur Conseil Europe 2011 Poland University Politechnika Poznanska Europe Poznan 2009 Spain Arup Fire Madrid Europe Madrid 2007 ITEA Europe Donostia-San Sebastian 2007 Efectis Iberica SL Europe Madrid 2009 Sweden WSP Fire Sweden AB Europe Stockholm 2004 Joakim Sandstrôm de Brandsjkyddslaget AB Europe Stockolm 2008 Switzerland Borgogno Eggenberger + Partner AG Europe Gallen 2005 MP Ingénieurs Conseils SA Europe Crissier 2006 INGENI SA Europe Geneve 2011 Daniel Willi S.A. Europe Montrieux 2011 United Kingdom Ove & Arup London Europe London 2000 Exova Warrington Fire Research Ltd Europe Warrington 2003 Hoare Lea Fire Engineering Europe London 2006 Safe Fire & Risk EngineeringEuropeLondon2008Exova Warrington Fire Research Ltd Europe Manchester 2010
- Control offices
Country Company Continent Town Year Belgium Bureau de contrôle technique pour la construction - SECO Europe Bruxelles 2006