- Author
- Allen, L. W.
- Title
- Fire Endurance of Selected Non-Loadbearing Concrete Masonry Walls.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Keywords
- walls | concretes | masonry | fire endurance | fire tests | aggregates | thickness | moisture | plaster
- Abstract
- This is the first of a series of reportson the fire endurance of concrete masonry units as determined from fire tests of full scale specimens (10 ft by 12 ft) and small panel specimens (2 1/2 ft by 2 1/2 ft). The test program was designed to develop information on the fire performance of various units supposedly representative of those which are currently being produced by some Canadian manufacturers. Tests were conducted during a 2-year period at the N.R.C. Fire Research Laboratory. Thirty-seven different types of units were included in the program from which a total of 60 test specimens were built and subjected to fire exposure.