Probability based structural fire load In the structural design of airframes and buildings probability based procedures are used to mitigate the risk of failure as well as produce cost effective designs. This book introduces the subject of probabilistic analysis to structural and fire protection engineers and can also be used as a reference to guide those applying this technology. In addition to providing an understanding of how fire affects structures and how to optimize the performance of structural framing systems Probability Based Structural Fire Load provides guidance for design professionals and is a resource for educators. The goal of this book is to bridge the gap between prescriptive and probability based performance design methods and to simplify very complex and comprehensive computer analyses to the point that stochastic structural fire loads have a simple approximate analytical expression that can be used in structural analysis and design on a day to day basis. Numerous practical examples are presented in step by step computational form