- Author
- Sultan, M. A.
- Title
- Parameters for Consideration in Performance-Based Fire Resistance Design of Floor Assemblies.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- NRCC-44992
- 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: [email protected], Website: http://www.nrc.ca/irc/ircpubs -- OR -- http://serpent.cisti.nrc.ca/dbtw-wpd/textbase/irc/
- Book or Conf
- AOSFST International Conference, 5th Proceedings. December 3-6, 2001, Newcastle, Australia, 1-3 p., 2001
- Keywords
- floors | fire resistance | performance based codes | fire resistance tests | gypsum board
- Identifiers
- assemblies with solid wood joists; assemblies with wood I-joists; assemblies with steel C-joists; full-scale floor assemblies parameters and fire test results
- Abstract
- With the advent of performance-based codes and performance-based fire safety design options, it is essential to determine the parameters that affect the fire resistance performance of assemblies. The results of twenty-three full-scale floor fire resistance tests are presented. Parameters investigated in this study include the effects of gypsum board screw spacing from board edges, insulation type, number of layers of gypsum board, joist spacing, resilient channel spacing, concrete topping, and structural load. The impact of these parameters on the performance-based fire resistance design of floor assemblies is provided.