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How much fire resistance is really needed?

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001422
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  1. National Research Council of Canada
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SubjectPerformance of:; fire resistance; probability; building failures; failure; reliability; normalized heat load; fires; fire tests; probability; ventilation
Abstract
Presents a method for correlating the performance of building elements in real-world fires and test fires using the concept of normalized heat load, whereby the time at which a structure fails in standard tests can be related to the six input variables that determine the destructive potential of real-world fire. The technique provides information on the fire resistance required for achieving any prescribed level of failure probability.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction
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  • Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction), no. IRC-P-1588.
NoteReprinted from: Concrete International: Design and Construction, v. 10, no. 12, December 1988, p. 40-44. ISSN: 0162-4075
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 30238
NRC-IRC-1986
NPARC number20377875
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