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
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