Semiquantitative Fire Risk Grade Model and Response Plans on a National Highway Bridge

Table 6

Properties of standard fire curve [27].

	Car	Bus	Truck	Hazardous material transport
Fire strength (MW)	10.0	20.0	30.0	100
Growth rate (α)	0.05	0.1	0.15	0.5
Decay ratio (β)	0.002	0.001	0.001	0.001
Growth time (sec)	450	450	450	450
Maximum burning time (sec)	268	455	102	350