- Author
-
Son, B. C.
- Title
- Fire Endurance Test of a Conventional Plywood Faced, Wood Stud Exterior Wall Containing Fiberglass Insulation Batts. Revised October 1972. Test No. 496.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
-
NBS 10 407
October 1972
17 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM: National Archives, Civilian Records, Room 2800, 8601 Adelphia Road, College, Park, MD 20740-6001, Telephone: 301-713-7230
- Contract
- NBS-PROJECT-4600461
- Keywords
-
walls; fire endurance; Operation Breakthrough; fire tests; glass fibers
- Abstract
- To assist in the evaluation of the fire performance of modular wall assemblies proposed under Operation BREAKTHROUGH, a fire endurance test was performed at the National Bureau of Standards on a conventional wood-stud wall with plywood facings and fiberglass insulation.