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Current methods of evaluating fire resistance of concrete structures are mainly prescriptive in nature and developed utilizing data from standard fire tests. These methods may not yield realistic fire resistance, especially for new types of concrete, and geometric configurations subjected to realistic fire loading and restraint scenarios. Many of the drawbacks in current prescriptive approaches can...