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Explosion and Fire Analysis of Steel Frames Using Fiber Element Approach J. Y. Richard Liew, M.ASCE,1 and Hong Chen2 Abstract: Since the September 11th terrorist attacks, the research and engineering communities have given significant attention to building performance under combined effects of impact, explosion, and fire. This paper presents a numerical approach for inelastic transient analysis of steel frame structures subjected to explosion loading followed by fire. The approach adopts the use of beam–column element and fiber element to enable a realistic modeling of the overall framework subjected to localized explosion and fire. Detailed requirements for modeling elasto–plastic materials subjected to elevated temperature and high-strain rates are presented. Verification examples are provided. The influence of blast loads on the fire resistance of a multistory steel frame is studied. DOI: 10.1061/ASCE0733130:7991 CE Database subject headings: Blast loads; Transient response; Explosions; Fire resistance; Strain rate; Steel frames. Introduction ods described above vary in their applicability and degree of so- In recent decades, a significant amount of research works has phistication; however, they cannot be applied to situations in been carried out to assess the resistance of structures under fire. A which the fire is a direct consequence of an explosion, which can simplified method has been proposed by Kruppa 1979 to calcu- influence the fire resistance of the structure. late the fire resistance of a beam based on the plastic mechanism The response of structures under the combined actions of ex- met