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The main objective of this work is to understand the fire behaviour of unprotected wood-to-wood
connections with internal steel plate (W-S-W) in comparison with connections using passive
protection with gypsum plasterboard. Passive fire protection uses systems that help prevent the
spread of fire. Analytical methodologies according Eurocode 5 part 1-1 were used to the designed
connections in different wood densities material. After that, to predict the fire exposure and the
connection capacity a computational modelling was performed. Results of the temperature field
and the char layer formation, for unprotected and protected members, were compared. Two
different cross sections, only in wood or in wood-steel, were chosen to verify the evolution of
charring rate effect.
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W-S-W Connection Fire Passive Protection Eurocode 5