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Guide for obtaining data from reaction to fire tests

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To increase the gain from costly fire experiments and to facilitate engineering calculations of material
performance in case of fire, there is an essential need for careful experimental design and proper
characterization of material fire properties. In light of this necessity, the ASTM E1591 standard guide
[1] provides a compilation of key material fire properties and explains how they may be obtained in
consistence with modeling capabilities. Moreover, an engineering guide developed by the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute (WPI) [2] provides detailed description of different pyrolysis modeling techniques
and makes very useful recommendations on how to arrive at required material properties in
accordance with the underlying assumptions in the models.
The present document aims to supplement the aforementioned guides by providing simple guidelines
on practical aspects of the experimental procedures and preparations for reaction to fire tests in
particular, and how to extract useful data from fire tests in general. Essential requirements for
quantifying the fire characteristics of materials are identified, including recommendations on how to
select and characterize the sample materials, what testing techniques to adopt, and which
measurements to opt for. It is noteworthy that in some sections, focus is made on specific materials
such as wood or polymers because of their relevance and importance, but generally the provided
guidelines apply to other combustible materials as well, unless stated explicitly otherwise.

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Rapport

Språk

Engelsk

Forfatter(e)

  • Davood Zeinali
  • Dionysios I. Kolaitis
  • Joachim Schmid
  • Kathinka Leikanger Friquin
  • Aitor Barrio
  • Alexander Pfreim
  • Antonio Galan
  • Ayfer Donmez Cavdar
  • Chiara Bedon

Institusjon(er)

  • Ukjent
  • Universiteit Gent
  • National Technical University of Athens
  • Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
  • SINTEF Community / Arkitektur, byggematerialer og konstruksjoner
  • Università degli Studi di Trieste

År

2018

Forlag

ETH Zürich

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