TRADITIONAL FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS IN A PERFORMANCE-BASED CODE ENVIRONMENT

摘要

This paper outlines an alternative test method, as a variant to traditional fire resistance test methodologies, that can provide definitive design data which will allow fire safety engineers to predict the quantity of smoke spread and the commencement time of fire spread through a closed doorset for fully developed fire scenarios. Two principal performance parameters, namely the smoke spread parameter and the fire spread parameter are introduced. A preliminary series of tests using the proposed alternative method was carried out, and an application of the proposed performance parameters is illustrated.