Parameters for consideration in performance-based fire resistance design of floor assemblies

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Author	Search for: Sultan, M. A.¹
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
Format	Text, Article
Conference	Proceedings of 5th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology International Conference: 03 December 2001, Newcastle, Australia
Subject	Floors
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.
Publication date	2002-01-02
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 44992 NRCC 10335
NPARC number	20378763
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