The fire requirements applying to the Open Car Parks are quite different from one country to the other in Europe. While an unprotected steel structure is allowed in Germany, it is not permitted in France where a fire resistance of 90 minutes is required. In order to bring the fire requirement regulations together, the Technical Working Group 3.3 of ECCS has decided to publish the Technical Note N°75 "Fire Safety in Open Car Parks" which concludes that no special fire protection measure is needed for the steel structures of Open Car Parks.

Index

1. Introduction
2. Comparison of Existing Standards
3. Characteristics of an Open Car Park
4. Real Fires and Fire Tests in the World
4.1 Real Fires
4.2 Worldwide Fire Tests
4.3 Car Fire Tests in Finland
5. Fire Models and Scenarios
5.1 A Rate of Heat Release Model for a Burning Car
5.2 Car Fire Model
5.3 Fire Scenarios
6. Air Temperature Calculations
6.1 Calculation Methods
6.2 Validations of Methods
6.3 Fire Scenario 1
6.4 Fire Scenario 2
7. Temperature Field in the Structure
7.1 Calculation Methods
7.2 Fire Scenario 1
8. Structural Behaviour
8.1 General
8.2 Static Simulation of the Entire Structure with CEFICOSS
8.3 Static Simulation with SISMEF
9. Conclusions and Rules for Design Practice
9.1 General
9.2 System Dimensions
9.3 Construction Rules
9.4 Final Remark
10. Examples of Unprotected Steel Open Car Park Structures

Appendix A: Coloured Photographs, Graphs and Diagrams

Appendix B: Bibliography

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