Transcript Project Status Update 1.pptx

Thermal Analysis of Fire Resistive
Joint Design for Architectural
Expansion Joints
First Progress Report
Jason Shaw
Architectural Expansion Joints are Openings
Between Concrete Slabs in a Building
• Engineered into a building to permit movement
▫ Thermal loading (i.e., change of season)
▫ Wind loading
▫ Seismic activity
• Building codes often require fire resistive
systems be installed in these joints to restrict the
passage of smoke, heat, and flames
• It is the goal of this project to develop a thermal
model of a fire barrier system
Research Status
• Obtained two ASME papers discussing thermal
models of fire barriers
▫ 1-D thermal analysis
▫ 2-D thermal analysis at expansion joint directional
change
• Working to summarize the findings in each
paper and the relevance to this project
• Continuing to search for additional publications
Report Status
• Drafted the following sections
▫ Introduction/Background
▫ Literature Review
▫ References
Model Status
• Preliminary COMSOL model developed
▫ Basic geometry established
▫ Material properties assigned
▫ Working through applying the appropriate
boundary conditions, including a time dependent
fire temperature
• Preliminary model shown on next slide
Schedule
• June 22
▫ Complete research
▫ Finalize Introduction/Background and Literature
Review
▫ Finalize COMSOL model geometry
▫ Draft Theory/Methodology
• June 29
▫ Finalize COMSOL model boundary conditions
• July 8
▫ Finalize Theory/Methodology
▫ Debug COMSOL model
Schedule (cont’d)
• July 15
▫ Document boundary conditions in report
▫ Draft Results and Discussion
• July 22
▫ Draft Conclusion
▫ Finalize Results and Discussion
• July 29
▫ Complete report