Introduction

• In situations like a big outbreak of fire in the building, the

strength of structural components must be good enough to keep
the structure intact so as to keep the inmates or residents safe.
• The resistance of any building component toward fire can be
increased by increasing the thickness of cover, but in the case
of dry connections if sufficient cover is not provided at the
connections then it will leads to the failure of joints.
• Hence effect of fire on concrete is very crucial in such cases.
Literature Review
• Effects of Fire on flexural behaviour of RC beam by
Moetaz M. El-Hawary*t, Ahmed M. RagabS, Ahmed Abd
El-Azim and
Shadia Elibiarif
The effect of fire on the flexural behaviour of RC beams is investigated for 4
groups of RC Beams at 650 degree Celsius for time durations of 0, 30, 60,
120min. The compressive strength of concrete is determined non-distructively
using Schmidt hammer. Strains, Load, crack propagation and ultimate loads
are recorded and the beams are tested in flexure by applying two transverse
loads incrementally,
After experiment it is observed that:
1. The ultimate loads for beams exposed to fire for 30, 60, 120min are less
than that for the reference beam by 11.8, 19.3, and 38.7% respectively.
2. At a load equal to about 61% of the ultimate load of the reference beam,
the maximum deflection of the beam subjected to fire ranged between 1.9
and 3.4 times that of the reference beam.
Fire resistance of reinforced concrete rigid beams by
Mohammed Mansour Kadhum:

In this experiment the specimens were subjected to fire flame temperatures

ranging from (25-750 degree Celsius) at age of 60 days, two temperature
levels of 400 and 750 degree Celsius were chosen with exposure duration of
1.5 hr.
Test results indicate a remarkable reduction in the ultrasonic pulse velocity
and rebound number of the rigid beams cooled in water were (2-5%) more
than the rigid beam specimens cooled in air.
Also, it was noticed that the maximum crack width increases with increasing
fire temperature.
• Behaviour of R.C. Beams Under Elevated
Temperature by Jayasree.G, Lakshmipathy.M
and Santhanaselvi.S
• Effects on Flexural Strength of Reinforced
Concrete Beam Subjected to Fire by
Leonard Mwanlamba Kiute, Dr. G.N. Mang
uriu, Mr. Paul Mulu
 Material Used
1. Concrete M25
Monolithic Beam 2. Steel Fe500
3. Microconcrete

Precast Wet Beam

Formwork with reinforcement for monolithic beams Monolithic Beams

Formwork with reinforcement for precast beams Precast Beams

Cubes for Compressive strength test
The End