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    Fire tests on building materials and structures Guide to the principles, selection, role and application of fire testing and their outputs

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-12-2008

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Selection of the appropriate test method
    5 Reaction to fire tests
    6 Fire resistance tests
    7 Semi-natural tests
    8 External fire performance
    Bibliography

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    Explains the general principles of fire testing and identifies the specific objectives/outputs of the BS 476 series of test methods and their related European (EN) and International (ISO) Standards. And gives guidance as to which test should be used for which purpose and how the results from those tests generally define the role of the test in any prescriptive or functional regulatory regime.

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    This part of BS476 describes the general principles of fire testing and identifies the specific objectives/outputs of the BS476 series of test methods and their related European (EN) and International (ISO) Standards.

    It provides guidance as to which test should be used for which purpose and how the results from those tests generally define the role of the test in any prescriptive or functional regulatory regime.

    It is not intended to be used for determining the conformity of any product or construction to Essential Requirement 2 of the European Construction Product Directive [1].

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    Committee FSH/21
    Development Note Supersedes BS 476-10(1983) & 07/30147204 DC. (01/2009)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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    BS 476-23:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Methods for determination of the contribution of components to the fire resistance of a structure
    BS 476-4:1970 FIRE TESTS ON BUILDING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES - PART 4: NON-COMBUSTIBILITY TEST FOR MATERIALS
    BS EN 1365-6:2004 FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS FOR LOADBEARING ELEMENTS - PART 6: STAIRS
    ISO/TR 834-3:2012 Fire-resistance tests — Elements of building construction — Part 3: Commentary on test method and guide to the application of the outputs from the fire-resistance test
    ISO 5660-1:2015 Reaction-to-fire tests Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate Part 1: Heat release rate (cone calorimeter method) and smoke production rate (dynamic measurement)
    BS EN 1365-3:2000 Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements Beams
    BS 8414-1:2002 FIRE PERFORMANCE OF EXTERNAL CLADDING SYSTEMS - TEST METHODS FOR NON-LOADBEARING EXTERNAL CLADDING SYSTEMS APPLIED TO THE FACE OF A BUILDING
    ISO 13785-1:2002 Reaction-to-fire tests for faades Part 1: Intermediate-scale test
    BS EN 13501-2 : 2007 FIRE CLASSIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS AND BUILDING ELEMENTS - PART 2: CLASSIFICATION USING DATA FROM FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS, EXCLUDING VENTILATION SERVICES
    ISO 9705:1993 Fire tests Full-scale room test for surface products
    BS 8414-2:2005 FIRE PERFORMANCE OF EXTERNAL CLADDING SYSTEMS - PART 2: TEST METHOD FOR NON-LOADBEARING EXTERNAL CLADDING SYSTEMS FIXED TO AND SUPPORTED BY A STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAME
    BS EN 1634-1 : 2014 FIRE RESISTANCE AND SMOKE CONTROL TESTS FOR DOOR AND SHUTTER ASSEMBLIES, OPENABLE WINDOWS AND ELEMENTS OF BUILDING HARDWARE - PART 1: FIRE RESISTANCE TEST FOR DOOR AND SHUTTER ASSEMBLIES AND OPENABLE WINDOWS
    BS EN 1366-4 : 2006 FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS FOR SERVICE INSTALLATIONS - PART 4: LINEAR JOINT SEALS
    ISO 12468-1:2013 External exposure of roofs to fire Part 1: Test method
    ISO 5657:1997 Reaction to fire tests Ignitability of building products using a radiant heat source
    BS EN 1366-2:2015 FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS FOR SERVICE INSTALLATIONS - PART 2: FIRE DAMPERS
    BS EN 1364-2:1999 FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS FOR NON-LOADBEARING ELEMENTS - PART 2: CEILINGS
    BS EN 1365-1:2012 Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements Walls
    BS EN 1366-9:2008 Fire resistance tests for service installations Single compartment smoke extraction ducts
    BS EN 1364-4:2014 Fire resistance tests for non-loadbearing elements Curtain walling. Part configuration
    89/106/EEC : 1988 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 21 DECEMBER 1988 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF LAWS, REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS
    BS EN 1634-3:2004 Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door and shutter assemblies, openable windows and elements of building hardware Smoke control test for door and shutter assemblies
    BS 5268-4.1(1978) : 1978 STRUCTURAL USE OF TIMBER - PART 4: FIRE RESISTANCE OF TIMBER STRUCTURES - SECTION 4.1: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CALCULATING FIRE RESISTANCE OF TIMBER MEMBERS
    BS EN 1364-1:2015 Fire resistance tests for non-loadbearing elements Walls
    BS 5268-4.2(1990) : 1990 STRUCTURAL USE OF TIMBER - FIRE RESISTANCE OF TIMBER STRUCTURES - RECOMMENDATION FOR CALCULATING FIRE RESISTANCE OF TIMBER STUD WALLS AND JOISTED FLOOR CONSTRUCTIONS
    BS EN ISO 1182:2010 Reaction to fire tests for products. Non-combustibility test
    ISO 13785-2:2002 Reaction-to-fire tests for faades Part 2: Large-scale test
    ISO 12468-2:2013 External exposure of roofs to fire Part 2: Classification of roofs
    BS EN 13501-3 : 2005 FIRE CLASSIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS AND BUILDING ELEMENTS - PART 3: CLASSIFICATION USING DATA FROM FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS ON PRODUCTS AND ELEMENTS USED IN BUILDING SERVICE INSTALLATIONS: FIRE RESISTING DUCTS AND FIRE DAMPERS
    ISO 3008:2007 Fire-resistance tests Door and shutter assemblies
    BS 476-11:1982 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for assessing the heat emission from building materials
    DD ENV 1187:2002 TEST METHODS FOR EXTERNAL FIRE EXPOSURE TO ROOFS
    BS EN 1365-2:2014 FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS FOR LOADBEARING ELEMENTS - PART 2: FLOORS AND ROOFS
    BS 476-6(1989) : 1989 FIRE TESTS ON BUILDING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES - PART 6: METHOD OF TEST FOR FIRE PROPAGATION FOR PRODUCTS
    BS EN 1365-5:2004 FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS FOR LOADBEARING ELEMENTS - PART 5: BALCONIES AND WALKWAYS
    BS 476-20:1987 FIRE TESTS ON BUILDING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES - PART 20: METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF THE FIRE RESISTANCE OF ELEMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION (GENERAL PRINCIPLES)
    BS EN 13501-1 : 2007 FIRE CLASSIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS AND BUILDING ELEMENTS - PART 1: CLASSIFICATION USING DATA FROM REACTION TO FIRE TESTS
    BS 476-13:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method of measuring the ignitability of products subjected to thermal irradiance
    ISO 5925-1:2007 Fire tests — Smoke-control door and shutter assemblies — Part 1: Ambient- and medium-temperature leakage tests
    BS 476-21:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Methods for determination of the fire resistance of loadbearing elements of construction
    BS ISO 3009:2003 Fire resistance tests. Elements of building construction. Glazed elements
    BS 476-33:1993 Fire tests on building materials and structures Full-scale room test for surface products
    ISO/TR 10158:1991 Principles and rationale underlying calculation methods in relation to fire resistance of structural elements
    ISO/TR 22898:2006 Review of outputs for fire containment tests for buildings in the context of fire safety engineering
    BS EN 1363-1:2012 Fire resistance tests General requirements
    BS 476-15:1993 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for measuring the rate of heat release of products
    BS EN ISO 11925-2:2010 Reaction to fire tests. Ignitability of products subjected to direct impingement of flame Single-flame source test
    BS EN 1366-5:2010 Fire resistance tests for service installations Service ducts and shafts
    ISO 6944:1985 Fire resistance tests — Ventilation ducts
    BS EN 1364-3:2014 Fire resistance tests for non-loadbearing elements Curtain walling. Full configuration (complete assembly)
    BS EN ISO 1716:2010 Reaction to fire tests for products. Determination of the gross heat of combustion (calorific value)
    BS 476-24:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for determination of the fire resistance of ventilation ducts
    BS EN 13501-5:2016 Fire classification of construction products and building elements Classification using data from external fire exposure to roofs tests
    BS EN 1366-1:2014 FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS FOR SERVICE INSTALLATIONS - PART 1: VENTILATION DUCTS
    ISO 9239-2:2002 Reaction to fire tests for floorings — Part 2: Determination of flame spread at a heat flux level of 25 kW/m2
    BS EN 13823 : 2010 REACTION TO FIRE TESTS FOR BUILDING PRODUCTS - BUILDING PRODUCTS EXCLUDING FLOORINGS EXPOSED TO THE THERMAL ATTACK BY A SINGLE BURNING ITEM
    BS 4422:2005 Fire. Vocabulary
    BS 476-12:1991 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method of test for ignitability of products by direct flame impingement
    BS EN 13501-4 : 2007 FIRE CLASSIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS AND BUILDING ELEMENTS - PART 4: CLASSIFICATION USING DATA FROM FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS ON COMPONENTS OF SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEMS
    BS 476-31.1:1983 Fire tests on building materials and structures Methods for measuring smoke penetration through doorsets and shutter assemblies - Method of measurement under ambient temperature conditions
    BS EN 1366-3:2009 Fire resistance tests for service installations Penetration seals
    BS 476-32:1989 Fire tests on building materials and structures Guide to full scale fire tests within buildings
    BS EN 1366-8:2004 Fire resistance tests for service installations Smoke extraction ducts
    BS 476-22:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for determination of the fire resistance of non-loadbearing elements of construction
    BS EN 1365-4:1999 FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS FOR LOADBEARING ELEMENTS - PART 4: COLUMNS
    BS EN 1366-6:2004 FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS FOR SERVICE INSTALLATIONS - PART 6: RAISED ACCESS AND HOLLOW CORE FLOORS
    BS ISO/TR 12470:1998 FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS - GUIDANCE ON THE APPLICATION AND EXTENSION OF RESULTS
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