TY  - SER
AU  - C.L.D. Huang 
AU  - Gamal N. Ahmed 
AU  - D.L. Fenton
TI  - Responses of concrete walls to fire
SN  - 0017-9310
KW  - Concrete Walls
KW  - Fire
KW  - Phenomena
N2  - Understanding the phenomena of coupled heat and mass transfer in concrete structures subject to high temperatures in a short duration has essential applications in the safety assessment of nuclear reactors and of tall buildings. In this paper a mathematical model, simulating the coupled heat and mass transfer in concrete structures at elevated temperatures as fire, has been developed and numerically solved. The numerical results predict the phenomenon of ‘moisture clog’ and the explosive spalling of concrete under fire. The investigations show that the seal layer as a fire protection has significant effects on the pore pressure buildup in the concrete walls which, in turn, improves the susceptibility of fire damage
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/001793109190113S     
ER  -