Analysis of steel-framed open car parks under localized fire

In this paper is presented a review of the latest analysis methods for steel-framed open car parks subjected to localized fires. This structural typology has been in the last two decades matter of intensive research concerning its real behavior under fire conditions. The interest consists in the fact that fire load, its location and its propagation are strictly connected with the combustion of cars and therefore it is feasible to propose an analytical model to describe it. The result of this research is the development of a consistent and robust natural fire design method which is nowadays accepted by many European countries and is entering in the fire engineering practice.