- Author
- Benichou, N. | Sultan, M. A.
- Title
- Design Considerations for Fire Resistance of Lightweight-Framed Assemblies.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- NRCC-38776,
- Distribution
- FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Research in Construction, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Telephone (613) 993-2607, Fax: (613) 952-7673, Email: Irc.Client-Services@nrc.ca [FULL DOCUMENT IN PDF]: http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/fulltext/nrcc38776/
- Book or Conf
- Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE 2003) Annual Conference. Proceedings. June 4-7, 2003, Moncton, N.B., Canada, 567/1-10 p., 2003
- Keywords
- design applications | fire resistance | gypsum board | walls | construction | insulation
- Identifiers
- wall assembly parameters and fire resistance test results; details of assemblies and comparison between tests results and model predictions
- Abstract
- The effects of a number of design parameters have been investigated including the types of cavity insulation, resilient channels, gypsum board thickness, the number of gypsum board layers, stud arrangements, and type of framing. The results have shown that the main factors that affected the performance of stud wall assemblies were the type of insulation and the number of gypsum board layers. In addition, a description on how the information gathered from this study will be used to benefit practitioners, builders and regulators in choosing suitable assemblies for their designs is also presented.