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Presentations from the most recent Structures in Fire Forum 

26th September 2025 - IStructE HQ, London [Agenda]


  • “Review of existing aluminium material tests at post-fire conditions and comparison to full scale fire test scenarios”. Nibaldo Navarro Castro, University of Hertfordshire [pdf, 2.2 MB]
  • “Thermal and Mechanical Behaviour of MBT Rebar Couplers under Elevated Temperature Conditions”.  Matthew Alford, University of Edinburgh [pdf, 2.6 MB]
  • “Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Preloaded Low Cement Concrete Under Heating and Cooling Phase of Fire Exposure”.  Mahadev Rokade, University of Edinburgh [pdf, 3.6 MB]
  • “Structural Fire Response to Multi-storey Fires” Momoi Suda, Arup [pdf, 2.8 MB]
  • “Strategic use of stainless steel to improve the performance of steel structures in fire – key findings from the RESIST project”. 
    Chunyan Quan, University College London [pdf, 3.7 MB]
  • “Calculating capacity of Light Gauge Steel under fire load (and why testing is inadequate).” Stephen Napper, MMCEngineer Ltd [pdf, 0.5 MB]
  • “Consistent approaches to Monte Carlo Analyses for Fire Severity”. Yavor Panev, Arup [pdf, 2.1 MB]
  • “A comprehensive approach to understanding how openings shape the fire performance and structural response of CLT walls in compartment fires”.  Juan Carlos Pina, Universidad de Santiago de Chile [pdf, 4.9 MB]
  • 'Post-fire damage quantification of a cut-and-cover concrete tunnel'. Thomas Thienpont, University of Ghent [pdf, 3.7 MB]

Structures in Fire Forum Presentations for previous fourms:

  • April 2025 - Edinburgh
  • September 2024 - IStructE
  • May 2024 - Liverpool
  • September 2023 - IStructE
  • May 2023 - Edinburgh
  • September 2022 - IStructE
  • April 2019 - IStructE
  • September 2018 - Warwick University
  • April 2018 - IStuctE
  • September 2017 - University of Edinburgh
  • April 2017 - IStructE
  • September 2016 - University of Edinburgh
  • April 2016 - IStructE

Repository of presentations from historic Steel in Fire Forums (pre-2016 presentations can be found at www.steelinfire.org.uk