- Author
- Craft, S. T. | Mehaffey, J. R. | Hadjisophocleous, G. | Isgor, B.
- Title
- Predicting the Temperature Rise in Light-Frame Wood Floor Assemblies Exposed to Fire.
- Coporate
- FPInnovations-Forintek Division, Canada Carleton University, Canada
- Report
- Volume 2,
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 2. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 967-978 p., 2007
- Keywords
- floor assemblies | wood | exposure | temperature rise | ASTM E 119 | building design | fire resistance | heat transfer | conservation | mass transfer | gypsum | pyrolysis | water | evaporation | methodology | material properties | specific heat | thermal conductivity
- Identifiers
- thermal response of light-frame wood assemblies protected with gypsum board; compare model predictions to intermediate and full-scale floor assembly experiments; conservation of energy; conservation of mass; calcination of gypsum; finite element engine called Condur; flowchart of finite element heat and mass transfer model solution