Description

Potential Applications

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Development stage

SAFIR – modelling so1ware for construc9ons under fire 

Dozen of users among the world, Entreprises and Universities, have already made the choice of SAFIR, for the modelling of buildings under fire.

Safir is a computer software for the simulation of the behaviour of building structures subjected to fire. The fire is introduced as a date (in term of a curve giving either the evolution of the gas temperature in the fire compartment or the evolution of the net flux on the surface of the structure) and the Software calculates the evolution of the temperature in the structural elements which can be discretized in 2D or 3D.

Stage of development: commercial software used in lab and industry.

Advantages

The structure is then discretized by means of truss, beam or shell finite elements and the evolution of the structure’s displacements, stresses and strains. For the mechanical analyses based on 3D beam finite elements, the software can calculate the elastic torsional stiffness of the section.

SAFIR has been developed from the beginning as a tool for modeling the behavior of structures subjected to the fire. The link between the thermal analysis and the structural analysis is thus quite straightforward. It is founded on high performance finite elements, yet it runs on quite ordinary Windows based PC. Its utilization is not complex, provided that the user has a good knowledge of non linear modeling. Training sessions can be organised at a reasonable prize (500 euros per day).

SAFIR is a computer so2ware for the simula7on of the behavior of building structures subjected to fire, used by companies and universi7es all over the world. Available under commercia and academic license. 

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Technology transfer company affiliated to University of Liège

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Research Team

Contact

Jérémie Fays j.fays@ulg.ac.be

Tél. : +32 4 349 85 21

ITF File N°: 2005-030

SAFIR – modelling so1ware for construc9ons under fire 

Patent Status

• Jean-Marc FRANSSEN, professor at the university of Liege, main developper • Thomas GERNAY, research fellow of the N.F.R.S.,concrete models • Christophe PEIGNEUX, assistant, steel elements • Alain Espinosa, research engineer, user’s support

License agreement Commercial license : 5000€ Academic license : 1000€ Note that members of the "Secure with Steel" network beneficiate of a special price for the commercial license

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