- Author
- Williamson, R. B. | Fisher, F. L.
- Title
- Development of Fire Safety Criteria for Composite Polymeric Exterior Walls. Final Report.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Berkeley
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
- HUD-0002815, September 1982, 36 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- HUD-H-2611
- Keywords
- residential buildings | walls | fire tests
- Abstract
- To determine the effects of replacing traditional components with synthetic polymeric materials, this research developed fire safety criteria based on the average level of fire performance provided by traditional wood - based wall systems. Additional test data were obtained on the fire performance of certain critical combinations of polymeric materials. The study focused on developing basic fire scenarios important to low - rise residential type exterior walls, identifying fire performance categories important for life safety and property protection, and testing procedures for use in modeling the fire scenarios developed. It also identified representative traditional exterior wall assemblies, measured and quantified the average fire performance of these, and developed performance criteria based on the results of the measurements. The study also identified and evaluated critical innovative (i.e., polymeric containing) exterior wall assemblies.