- Author
- Sultan, M. A.
- Title
- Parameters Affect the Fire Resistance Performance of Floor Systems.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- CIB 2004; NRCC-39799
- Book or Conf
- CIB World Building Congress 2004 (CIB 2004): Building for the Future in conjunction with Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings, 5th International Conference (IAQVEC 2004) and Multipurpose High-Rise Towers and Tall Buildings, 6th International Conference (HTB). Proceedings. CIB T1S6 Design for Fire Management. May 1-7, 2004, Toronto, Canada, 1-10 p., 2004
- Keywords
- floors | fire resistance | large scale fire tests | standards | wood | gypsum board | fire resistance tests | insulation
- Identifiers
- assembly parameters and fire resistance test results; effect of attachment of the gypsum board; effect of insulation installation and types; wood-I joists; C-steel joists; wood truss; effect of joist or truss spacing; effect of sub-floor type; effect of load
- Abstract
- This paper presents and discusses the results of 28 full-scale fire resistance test assemblies conducted in accordance with the ULC-S101 standard on wood joist, wood-I joist, steel C-joist and wood truss floor systems as part of the collaborative research program on the fire and acoustical performance of floor assemblies. Parameters investigated in this study include the effects of attachment of the gypsum board to resilient channels, insulation type, number of gypsum board layers, joist spacing, resilient channel spacing, sub-floor type and structural load on the fire resistance performance of floor assemblies. Temperatures throughout the systems and floor deflection were measured. Using these results, the effects of the above-mentioned parameters on the fire resistance performance of floor assemblies are discussed.