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Finite-element models of the National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL)and modular support structure

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Dat Duthinh

Abstract

This report documents the development of finite-element models (FEM) of the National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) and its modular support structure. The models enable a future user of the NFRL to add a potential test structure and perform thermal and structural simulations of the test. This report serves as a user’s manual for the future NFRL experimenter and consists of two parts. Part 1 covers the NFRL proper, namely the strong floor, strong wall, basement walls and slab. It describes the model and provides results of structural analyses of all the load cases that were specified in the design documents. Part 2 covers the modular support structure, with the various components developed individually, then assembled in an example test case.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7886
Report Number
7886
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

finite-element model, fire research, modular structure, prestressed concrete, reinforced concrete, structural analysis, thermal analysis.
Buildings and Construction, Fire, Public safety, Resilience and Disaster and failure studies

Citation

Duthinh, D. (2012), Finite-element models of the National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL)and modular support structure, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7886 (Accessed October 18, 2025)

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Created October 26, 2012, Updated November 10, 2018
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