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The basis of the lumped capacitance method is that the temperature of the solid body is uniform at any given time instant during a heat transient process. The profiles were studied, subjected to the fire action according to the nominal temperature\u2013time curves (standard temperature-time curve ISO 834, external fire curve, and hydrocarbon fire curve). The obtained results allow verifying the agreement between the two methodologies and the influence in the temperature field due to the use of different nominal fire curves. This finding enables us to conclude that the lumped capacitance method is accurate and could be easily applied.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/mca26020048","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,20]],"date-time":"2021-06-20T21:50:15Z","timestamp":1624225815000},"page":"48","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Analytical Equations Applied to the Study of Steel Profiles under Fire According to Different Nominal Temperature-Time Curves"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Pedro N.","family":"Oliveira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias 712, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1854-6514","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elza M. 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