Designing steel bridges for fire safety

This paper approaches for overcoming fire threats where case study involves bridge of Birmingham,
USA.The study gives the solution for fire resistant bridges by two approaches where 1)Fire based
importance factor-checking for vulnerability cases. 2)Optimum stratergies application before
implementation. The moment capacity is calculated according to thickness of insulation around girder
where bridge can sustain highest temperature for about 60-90min and thickness of insulation is
concluded. Insulated girders increases the time of fire resisting until there is any fire-fighting protocol.