09/30186600 DC : 0

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions, symbols and units
   3.1 Terms and definitions
   3.2 Symbols and units
4 Test equipment
   4.1 General
   4.2 Furnace
   4.3 Loading equipment
5 Test conditions
   5.1 General
   5.2 Support and restraint conditions
         5.2.1 Standard conditions
         5.2.2 Other support and restraint conditions
   5.3 Loading conditions
6 Test specimens
   6.1 General
   6.2 Fixtures and fittings
   6.3 Horizontal protective membranes
   6.4 Structural building members supporting
         horizontal protective membranes
         6.4.1 General principles
         6.4.2 Standard horizontal structural building
               members
   6.5 Properties of test materials
   6.6 Verification of the test specimen
   6.7 Optional and additional steel plates and/or
         plate thermometers within the cavity
7 Installation of the test construction
8 Conditioning
9 Application of instrumentation
   9.1 General
   9.2 Instrumentation for measurement of furnace
         temperature
   9.3 Instrumentation for measurement of specimen
         temperature
         9.3.1 General
         9.3.2 Instrumentation for measuring cavity
               temperature
         9.3.3 Instrumentation for measuring surface
               temperatures
         9.3.4 Optional and supplementary instrumentation for
               measuring temperature
   9.4 Instrumentation for measurement of pressure
   9.5 Instrumentation for measurement of deflection
   9.6 Instrumentation for measurement of applied load
10 Test procedure
   10.1 General
   10.2 Furnace temperature and pressure
   10.3 Application and control of load
   10.4 Temperatures of test specimen
   10.5 Deflection
   10.6 Observations
   10.7 Termination of the test
11 Test results
   11.1 Acceptability of test results
   11.2 Presentation of test results
12 Test report
13 Assessment
   13.1 General
   13.2 Assessment of loadbearing capacity
         13.2.1 General
         13.2.2 Reference temperature curve: cavity
                temperatures
         13.2.3 Reference temperature curve: surface
                temperatures (steel beams or steel/concrete
                slabs)
         13.2.4 Application of method of limiting temperatures
   13.3 Assessment of insulation
   13.4 Assessment of data for calculation purposes
14 Report of the assessment for calculations
15 Limits of applicability of the results of the
   assessment
   15.1 Type of structural building member
   15.2 Type of concrete
   15.3 Type of steel beam
   15.4 Type of steel/concrete composite structures
   15.5 Type of timber structure
   15.6 Height of the cavity
   15.7 Exposed width of test specimen
   15.8 Properties of the horizontal protective membrane
   15.9 Size of panels within the horizontal protective
         membrane
   15.10 Fixtures and fittings
   15.11 Gaps between grid members and test frame or walls
Annex A (normative) - Exposure to a semi-natural fire
   A.1 General
   A.2 Semi-natural fire source
   A.3 Test equipment
         A.3.1 The furnace
         A.3.2 Preparation of fire source and heating
               conditions
   A.4 Test conditions
   A.5 Test specimen
   A.6 Installation of the test specimen
   A.7 Conditioning
   A.8 Application of instrumentation
   A.9 Test procedure
   A.10 Test results
   A.11 Test report
   A.12 The assessment
   A.13 The assessment report
Annex B (normative) - Measurement of properties of horizontal
        protective membranes and components
   B.1 General
   B.2 Thickness of horizontal protective membrane
         and components thereof
   B.3 Density of horizontal protective membranes
         and components thereof
   B.4 Moisture content of horizontal protective
         membrane and components thereof
Bibliography

BS EN 13381-1