For the evaluation of the fire resistance time of structural elements thermal and mechanical loadings are applied to the specimen. Up to now the monitored data is represented in tabular form and simple plots. In the following a visualization system to show the data in its geometrical context is discussed.
This report presents a fast data assimilation method to produce an interpolating time and space temperature distribution for steel members subject to fire testing. The method assimilates collected temperature data into the numerical integration of the heat equation. This physically based method also allows the computation of lateral and axial heat flux into and inside the member.