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  1. Testing timber columns for resistance until fire burnout: Role of thermal wave, smoldering, and active suppression

    Article • Engineering Structures, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  2. Modeling fire resistance of timber columns: Influence of elevated-temperature material models in finite element analysis

    Article • Structures, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  3. Structural performance of modular buildings subjected to fire

    Article • Engineering Structures, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  4. Thermo-mechanical analysis and validation of SAFIR for historic forms of construction

    Article • Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, November 2025, Emerald

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  5. Economic impact of performance-based fire design of composite steel frame structures

    Article • Engineering Structures, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  6. Experiments on local buckling of cold-formed steel lipped channels in compression at elevated temperatures

    Article • Engineering Structures, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  7. Structural behavior of single-layer glulam reticulated shells

    Article • Structures, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  8. Automatic assessment of fuel load and fire risk via digitized database and intelligent computer vision

    Article • Process Safety and Environmental Protection, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  9. Fragility curves for structural fire performance of various composite floor designs under natural fire

    Article • Reliability Engineering & System Safety, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  10. Cost-optimization based target reliabilities for design of structures exposed to fire

    Article • Resilient Cities and Structures, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  11. Numerical analysis of full-scale structural fire tests on composite floor systems

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  12. Response to “Commentary on DHP concept”

    Article • Fire and Materials, April 2024, Wiley

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  13. Investigation on the residual mechanical properties of glulam after exposure to elevated temperature

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  14. Performance-based design for structures in fire: Advances, challenges, and perspectives

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  15. Evaluating fire resistance of timber columns using explainable machine learning models

    Article • Engineering Structures, December 2023, Elsevier

    Mohsen Zaker Esteghamati, Dr Thomas Gernay

  16. Cost-benefit analysis in fire safety engineering: State-of-the-art and reference methodology

    Article • Safety Science, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  17. Full-scale fire resistance tests of lightweight steel framed floor systems

    Article • Thin-Walled Structures, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  18. Numerical analysis of the effects of fire with cooling phase on reinforced concrete members

    Article • Engineering Structures, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  19. Mapping wildfire ignition probability and predictor sensitivity with ensemble-based machine learning

    Article • Natural Hazards, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  20. Cost–Benefit Analysis of Fire Protection in Buildings: Application of a Present Net Value Approach

    Article • Fire Technology, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  21. Probabilistic Models for Temperature-Dependent Compressive and Tensile Strengths of Timber

    Article • Journal of Structural Engineering, February 2023, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  22. Resilience assessment of process industry facilities using dynamic Bayesian networks

    Article • Process Safety and Environmental Protection, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  23. Experimental investigation of structural failure during the cooling phase of a fire: Concrete columns

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  24. Experimental investigation of structural failure during the cooling phase of a fire: Timber columns

    Article • Fire and Materials, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  25. Local buckling of cold-formed high-strength steel hollow section columns at elevated temperatures

    Article • Journal of Constructional Steel Research, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  26. Machine learning models for predicting the resistance of axially loaded slender steel columns at elevated temperatures

    Article • Engineering Structures, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  27. Evaluation of anticipated post-fire repair cost for resilient design of composite slab panels

    Article • Journal of Building Engineering, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  28. Structural fire design of load-bearing cold-formed steel assemblies from a prototype metal building

    Article • Structures, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  29. Predicting the capacity of thin-walled beams at elevated temperature with machine learning

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  30. Reliability assessment of the US prescriptive standard for steel columns under fire

    Article • Structures, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  31. On the Effect of Exposed Timber on the Severity of Structural Fires in a Compartment and Required Firefighting Resources

    Article • Fire Technology, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  32. Elevated temperature and post-fire stress-strain modeling of advanced high-strength cold-formed steel alloys

    Article • Journal of Constructional Steel Research, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  33. Numerical modeling of the post-fire performance of strap-braced cold-formed steel shear walls

    Article • Thin-Walled Structures, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  34. A hierarchical Bayesian model for predicting fire ignitions after an earthquake with application to California

    Article • Natural Hazards, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  35. Numerical modeling of localized fire exposures on structures using FDS-FEM and simple models

    Article • Engineering Structures, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  36. Cold-formed steel sheathing connections at elevated temperature

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  37. Fire resistance and burnout resistance of timber columns

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  38. Potential of Surrogate Modelling for Probabilistic Fire Analysis of Structures

    Article • Fire Technology, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  39. Seismic performance of post-fire reinforced concrete beam-column joints strengthened with steel haunch system

    Article • Engineering Structures, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  40. Simple Three-Coefficient Equation for Temperature-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Cold-Formed Steels

    Article • Journal of Structural Engineering, April 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  41. Considerations on computational modeling of concrete structures in fire

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  42. Post-fire mechanical properties of advanced high-strength cold-formed steel alloys

    Article • Thin-Walled Structures, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  43. A framework for probabilistic fire loss estimation in concrete building structures

    Article • Structural Safety, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  44. Fragility Curves for Fire Exposed Structural Elements Through Application of Regression Techniques

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  45. Elevated temperature material properties of advanced high strength steel alloys

    Article • Journal of Constructional Steel Research, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  46. Experiments on load-bearing cold-formed steel sheathed studs at elevated temperatures

    Article • Thin-Walled Structures, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  47. Review of Current Practice in Probabilistic Structural Fire Engineering: Permanent and Live Load Modelling

    Article • Fire Technology, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  48. Probabilistic Models for Temperature-Dependent Strength of Steel and Concrete

    Article • Journal of Structural Engineering, June 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  49. The introduction and the influence of semi-rigid connections in framed structures subjected to fire

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  50. A Digitized Fuel Load Surveying Methodology Using Machine Vision

    Article • Fire Technology, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  51. Application of a Digitized Fuel Load Surveying Methodology to Office Buildings

    Article • Fire Technology, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  52. Demonstrating adequate safety for a concrete column exposed to fire, using probabilistic methods

    Article • Fire and Materials, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  53. Recommendations for performance-based fire design of composite steel buildings using computational analysis

    Article • Journal of Constructional Steel Research, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  54. Rectification of “restrained vs unrestrained”

    Article • Fire and Materials, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  55. Predicting residual deformations in a reinforced concrete building structure after a fire event

    Article • Engineering Structures, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  56. An equivalent stress method to account for local buckling in beam finite elements subjected to fire

    Article • Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, September 2019, Emerald

    Dr Chrysanthos Maraveas, Dr Thomas Gernay

  57. Quantification of model uncertainties for reinforced concrete columns subjected to fire

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  58. Adaption of active boundary conditions in structural fire testing

    Article • Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, August 2019, Emerald

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  59. Parametric Study for Performance-Based Fire Design of US Prototype Composite Floor Systems

    Article • Journal of Structural Engineering, May 2019, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  60. Efficient uncertainty quantification method applied to structural fire engineering computations

    Article • Engineering Structures, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  61. Fire Resistance and Burnout Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Columns

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  62. Progressive collapse triggered by fire induced column loss: Detrimental effect of thermal forces

    Article • Engineering Structures, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  63. Fire Fragility Functions for Steel Frame Buildings: Sensitivity Analysis and Reliability Framework

    Article • Fire Technology, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  64. Hybrid fire testing

    Article • Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, January 2018, Emerald

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  65. Data-driven probabilistic post-earthquake fire ignition model for a community

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  66. Assessment of damage and residual load bearing capacity of a concrete slab after fire: Applied reliability-based methodology

    Article • Engineering Structures, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  67. Modeling structures in fire with SAFIR®: theoretical background and capabilities

    Article • Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, September 2017, Emerald

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  68. Sensitivity of elevated temperature load carrying capacity of thin-walled steel members to local imperfections

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chrysanthos Maraveas, Dr Thomas Gernay

  69. A method for hybrid fire testing: Development, implementation and numerical application

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  70. Comparative fire analysis of steel-concrete composite buildings designed following performance-based and US prescriptive approaches

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  71. Effect of upgrading concrete strength class on fire performance of reinforced concrete columns

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  72. Performance-based fire design and the U.S. prescriptive guidelines: A comparative study

    Article • IABSE Symposium Report, January 2017, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  73. A METHOD FOR MEASURING THE SENSITIVITY OF BUILDING STRUCTURAL MEMBERS TO FIRE DECAY PHASES

    Article • Acta Polytechnica, October 2016, Czech Technical University in Prague - Central Library

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  74. Fire Performance of Columns Made of Normal and High Strength Concrete: A Comparative Analysis

    Article • Key Engineering Materials, September 2016, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  75. Fire fragility curves for steel buildings in a community context: A methodology

    Article • Engineering Structures, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  76. Experimental tests and numerical modelling on slender steel columns at high temperatures

    Article • Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, March 2016, Emerald

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  77. Loadbearing capacity criteria in fire resistance testing

    Article • Matériaux et Constructions, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  78. ANALYSIS OF A CONCRETE BUILDING EXPOSED TO NATURAL FIRE

    Article • Applications of Structural Fire Engineering, January 2016, Czech Technical University in Prague - Central Library

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  79. SENSITIVITY OF STRUCTURES TO FIRE DECAY PHASES, Quantitative comparison of structural components made of different materials

    Article • Applications of Structural Fire Engineering, January 2016, Czech Technical University in Prague - Central Library

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  80. Urban Infrastructure Resilience to Fire Disaster: An Overview

    Article • Procedia Engineering, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  81. A performance indicator for structures under natural fire

    Article • Engineering Structures, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  82. A plastic-damage model for concrete in fire: Applications in structural fire engineering

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  83. Tools for Measuring a City’s Resilience in a Fire Following Earthquake Scenario

    Article • IABSE Symposium Report, January 2015, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  84. Effective stress method to be used in beam finite elements to take local instabilities into account

    Article • Fire Safety Science, January 2014, International Association for Fire Safety Science

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  85. A multiaxial constitutive model for concrete in the fire situation: Theoretical formulation

    Article • International Journal of Solids and Structures, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  86. Structural behaviour of concrete columns under natural fires

    Article • Engineering Computations, August 2013, Emerald

    Dr Thomas Gernay, DIMIA Mohamed salah

  87. Numerical analysis of partially fire protected composite slabs

    Article • Steel and Composite Structures, January 2013, Techno-Press

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  88. Large-scale fire test of unprotected cellular beam acting in membrane action

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings, July 2012, ICE Publishing

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  89. A formulation of the Eurocode 2 concrete model at elevated temperature that includes an explicit term for transient creep

    Article • Fire Safety Journal, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  90. Validation of the Advanced Calculation Model SAFIR through DIN EN 1991-1-2 Procedure

    Article • January 2012, Research Publishing Services

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  91. Large-Scale Fire Test of Unprotected Cellular Beam Acting in Membrane Action

    Article • Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, December 2011, Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd.

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  92. Collapse of concrete columns during and after the cooling phase of a fire

    Article • Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, September 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr Thomas Gernay

  93. Effect of Transient Creep Strain Model on the Behavior of Concrete Columns Subjected to Heating and Cooling

    Article • Fire Technology, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas Gernay