Y.C. Wang was a Professor and worked for eight years at the Building Research Establishment (including as a core member of the BRE team that carried out the Cardington structural fire tests) prior to joining the University of Manchester in 1997. His main research interests are structural and fire engineering, steel and composite structures and fire protection materials and systems. He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers and the UK's Higher Education Academy. He is the Leader of the Structural & Fire Engineering theme.

• 1. Introduction. 2. An Introduction to the Behaviour and Design at Ambient Tempeture. 3. Experimental Observations. 4. Numerical Modelling. 5. Behaviour of Steel and Composite Structures in Fire. 6. An Introduction to Heat Transfer. 7. An Introduction to ENclosure Fire Behaviour. 8. Design of Steel Structures for Fire Safely. 9. Design of Composite Structures for Fire Safety. 10. Steel and Composite Structures without Fire Protection.