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Article - 28 Mar 2003
The fire resistance levels of brick walls are influenced by factors such as structural adequacy, integrity insulation and dimensions.
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Article - 20 Jul 2006
Celcon Blocks do not burn and can be used to contain or prevent the spread of fire within a building. Up to a 4 hour fire resistance can be achieved with a regular 100mm thick block making them the...
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Article - 10 Oct 2003
"Standard fire tests have shown that structural members which are not fully exposed to fire can exhibit substantial levels of fire resistance without applied protection. Methods have been developed...
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Article - 24 Feb 2004
The fire resistance performance of an innovative composite panel system, the profiled steel sheet dry board (PSSDB) system, is investigated. Technical Brief.
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Article - 19 Jan 2004
Structural hollow sections (SHS) offer a number of structural and architectural advantages over open section profiles.
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Article - 10 Oct 2003
All non-domestic buildings over 30 metres in height are now required to have sprinklers. The trade-off between passive and active systems has given an impetus to their use in England and Wales.....
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Article - 10 Oct 2003
Unprotected hollow sections can attain up to 2 hours fire resistance when filled with concrete. When the combined section is exposed to fire, heat flows through the steel into the concrete core which,...
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Article - 10 Oct 2003
Fire resistance is expressed in units of time so one of the contributory factors to fire resistance is the heating rate of the member, which governs the time taken to reach its failure (or limiting)...
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Article - 10 Oct 2003
Passive fire protection materials insulate steel structures from the effects of the high temperatures that may be generated in fire.
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Article - 10 Oct 2003
A joint test programme by Corus and the Fire Research Station has shown that the temperature profile through the cross-section of a steel structural member has a marked effect on its performance in...