TY - CONF A1 - Fürst, Richard A1 - Häßler, Dustin A1 - Stelzner, Ludwig A1 - Hothan, Sascha T1 - Development of an in situ test method to assess the fire resistance of steel members with applied intumes-cent coating N2 - Intumescent coatings are commonly used in civil engineering to improve the fire resistance of steel constructions. Exposed to fire, the intumescent coating reacts and forms a thermal protective char around the steel member. Thus, the heating of the steel is delayed, and a higher fire resistance can be achieved. Generally, the scope of application and the durability of intumescent coatings are described in national approvals or European Technical Assessment (ETA) documents. Due to environmental conditions, intumescent coatings are subjected to ageing effects, which can reduce their durability and thermal protection performance. Available in situ methods to investigate the performance of applied intumescent coatings, such as visual inspection, flame exposure testing, adhesive tensile tests or chemical analysis, are not fully conclusive. Therefore, in the civil engineering practice, there is an increasing demand to verify the fire resistance of existing steel structures with applied intumescent coatings necessary in several cases, e.g., the working life is exceeded, the visual appearance of the intumescent coating changed or the information about the applied product is missing. The research presented in the paper shows the progress of the ongoing research project "INSIST" at BAM [1], where a new in situ method is being developed to assess the actual fire resistance of existing steel structures with applied intumescent coating. The investigation is based on a development of the in situ test procedure and a mobile prototype furnace. T2 - 10th Symposium Structural Fire Engineering CY - Braunschweig, Germany DA - 24.09.2024 KW - In situ KW - Intumescent coating KW - Steel structures KW - Test procedure PY - 2024 SP - 1 EP - 15 AN - OPUS4-61275 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fürst, Richard A1 - Häßler, Dustin A1 - Stelzner, Ludwig A1 - Hothan, Sascha T1 - In situ test procedure to determine the fire resistance of exisiting steel structures with aged intumescent coating N2 - Intumescent coatings are commonly used in civil engineering to increase the fire resistance of steel structures. In case of a fire, the intumescent coating reacts and forms a thermally protective char around the steel member. Thus, the heating of the steel is significantly delayed, and as a result, a higher fire resistance can be achieved. Throughout the working life, intumescent coatings are aged by climatic factors. To predict durability for several years, the behaviour of the intumescent coatings is extrapolated based on accelerated artificial ageing. The established German and European assessment procedures to test and predict durability assume a working life of at least 10 years. For an extended period, additional evidence is required; yet the procedure and specifications to justify this are not described. Available in situ methods to assess the thermal performance of intumescent coatings are currently limited in their information content. Therefore, BAM is conducting a research project to develop a minimally invasive in situ test procedure to determine the fire resistance of existing steel structures with applied intumescent coating. The paper will describe the test setup, the developed prototype furnace, and the results of the performed test programme with uncoated and coated steel specimens. Based on this, recommendations for the test procedure are given. T2 - Structures in Fire 2024 CY - Coimbra, Portugal DA - 19.06.2024 KW - In situ KW - Intumescent coating KW - Steel structures KW - Test procedure PY - 2024 SN - 978-989-35292-2-5 DO - https://doi.org/10.30779/cmm_SIF24 SP - 1217 EP - 1228 AN - OPUS4-61258 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fürst, Richard A1 - Häßler, Dustin A1 - Stelzner, Ludwig A1 - Hothan, Sascha T1 - Development of an in situ test method to assess the fire resistance of steel members with applied intumescent coating N2 - Intumescent coatings are commonly used in civil engineering to improve the fire resistance of steel constructions. Exposed to fire, the intumescent coating reacts and forms a thermal protective char around the steel member. Thus, the heating of the steel is delayed, and a higher fire resistance can be achieved. Generally, the scope of application and the durability of intumescent coatings are described in national approvals or European Technical Assessment (ETA) documents. Due to environmental conditions, intumescent coatings are subjected to ageing effects, which can reduce their durability and thermal protection performance. Available in situ methods to investigate the performance of applied intumescent coatings, such as visual inspection, flame exposure testing, adhesive tensile tests or chemical analysis, are not fully conclusive. Therefore, in the civil engineering practice, there is an increasing demand to verify the fire resistance of existing steel structures with applied intumescent coatings necessary in several cases, e.g., the working life is exceeded, the visual appearance of the intumescent coating changed or the information about the applied product is missing. The research presented in the paper shows the progress of the ongoing research project "INSIST" at BAM, where a new in situ method is being developed to assess the actual fire resistance of existing steel structures with applied intumescent coating. The investigation is based on a development of the in situ test procedure and a mobile prototype furnace. T2 - 10th Symposium Structural Fire Engineering – TU Braunschweig 2024 CY - Braunschweig, Germany DA - 24.09.2024 KW - In situ KW - Intumescent coating KW - Steel structures KW - Test procedure PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61261 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fürst, Richard A1 - Häßler, Dustin A1 - Stelzner, Ludwig A1 - Hothan, Sascha T1 - In situ test procedure to determine the fire resistance of existing steel structures with aged intumescent coating N2 - BAM is conducting a research project to develop a minimally invasive in situ test procedure to determine the fire resistance of existing steel structures with applied intumescent coating. In presentation and submitted paper is describe the test setup, the developed prototype furnace, and the results of the performed test programme with uncoated and coated steel specimens. Based on this, recommendations for the test procedure are given. T2 - Structures in Fire 2024 CY - Coimbra, Portugal DA - 19.06.2024 KW - In situ KW - Intumescent coating KW - Steel structures KW - Test procedure PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61257 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Eiz Eddin, Ahmad T1 - Fire induced spalling behaviour of CFRP-reinforced concrete N2 - Fire tests on CFRP-reinforced concrete elements without and with various protection measures to prevent spalling are presented. The protection measures include the application of an intumescent coating to the fire exposed surface as well as the use of a modified concrete mixture containing polypropylene fibres (PP-fibres). T2 - CrossFire School CY - Como, Italy DA - 26.05.2025 KW - Concrete spalling KW - CFRP KW - Polypropylene fibres KW - Intumescent coating PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63349 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -