A new perspective on nature of fire-induced spalling in concrete

• Main Authors: Liu, Jin-Cheng, Tan, Kang Hai, Yao, Yao
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Fire-induced Spalling; Concrete
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139483
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Spalling of concrete is a great potential threat to fire resistance of concrete structures. Understanding the underlying mechanism is important to predict and mitigate this unfavorable phenomenon. Currently, there are two main mechanisms to explain the fire-induced concrete spalling: viz. spalling d...