Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Executive summary and recommendations
4 Mechanisms of fire spread
4.1 Routes and mechanisms of fire spread
4.2 Review of mechanisms leading to secondary fire
initiation, fire growth and damage in adjacent areas
directly related to the behaviour of the structure
4.3 Review of secondary indirect mechanisms threatening
life safety
5 Fire resistance testing - Review of exposure conditions
5.1 Thermal exposure
5.2 Pressure conditions
5.3 Specimen size
5.4 Restraint conditions
5.5 Furnace turbulence
5.6 Atmosphere
5.7 Conditioning
5.8 Quality of construction
6 Fire resistance testing - Review of the current
measurements and criteria
6.1 Loadbearing capacity
6.2 Integrity
6.3 Insulation
6.4 Radiation
6.5 (Hot gas) leakage
6.6 Other data collected
6.7 Pre-test and post-test measurements and observations
7 Comparison between exposure conditions used in the test
and conditions likely to prevail in a real fire and
recommendations for changes to the test procedures
7.1 Thermal exposure
7.2 Pressure differentials
7.3 Specimen size
7.4 Boundary conditions (load actions)
7.5 Furnace turbulence
7.6 Furnace atmosphere
7.7 Conditioning
7.8 Quality of tested construction
8 Comparison between data measured in the test and data
required by the fire engineer and recommendations for
changes in the test procedure(s)
8.1 Behaviour of the load-bearing structure in fire
safety engineering
8.2 Leakage of fire into protected space
8.3 Temperature rise on the unexposed face
8.4 Heat flux received in the protected space
8.5 Smoke leakage into the protected space
8.6 Other life safety and property protection consideration
8.7 Ensuring the construction
9 Conclusions
Annex A (informative) Decision tree for evaluating the
compatibility of elements in respect of
maintaining the fire tightness of the
compartment
Annex B (informative) Background information on factors that
affect life safety
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