- Author
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Bastings, D.
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Buchanan, A. H.
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Salt, P. E.
- Title
- Fire Test Facilities for Building Research Association of New Zealand.
- Coporate
- Building Research Association of New Zealand, Judgeford
- Report
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BRANZ Reprint No. 11,
February 1979,
35 p.
- Book or Conf
- New Zealand Institution of Engineers. Conference. February 12-16, 1979,
Wellington, New Zealand,
1979
- Keywords
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test facilities
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fire tests
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building materials
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fire resistance tests
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floors
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test equipment
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walls
- Identifiers
- test procedures; Building Research Association of New Zealand
- Abstract
- In 1976, the first major fire test facilities to be established in New Zealand were commissioned by the Building Research Association of New Zealand at its new Research Station, Moonshine Road, Judgeford, 30 km from Wellington. The paper discusses the nature of the tests conducted on building materials and elements of structure, and the equipment used is described. There are at present limitations on the types of tests that can be conducted and the paper includes reports on investigations already carried out into methods of developing the equipment to extend the range of tests conducted.