Cost-effective fire-resistant design using computational techniques. B. Djahansouzi and S.F. Yasseri. Proc. Conf., Offshore structures---hazards, safety, engineering, Session 6, Paper No. 3, 10 pages (see abstract 919 for complete reference).

An outline is presented of ways of identifying the concept of a minimal structure where the basic aim is to minimize the number of members requiring protection in order to achieve considerable savings, both in installation costs of the passive fire protection coating as well as any associated maintenance costs. Practical problems associated with conducting an analysis that involves controlled, partial collapse are addressed and means of avoiding them are proposed. Extracts from two case studies are presented, one of which relates to the deck structure and the other to the jacket of typical offshore platforms.