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  • BS 476-10:1983

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    Fire tests on building materials and structures Guide to the principles and application of fire testing

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  01-01-2009

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-11-1983

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committees responsible
    Guide
    0. Introduction
    1. Scope
    2. Definitions
    3. Fire test terminology
    4. Fire hazard and safety
    5. Methods of fire testing
    6. Validation of methods of fire testing
    7. Test results
    8. Fire performance claims
    Appendix
    A. Bibliography
    Figures
    1. Relationship between temperature and time and the
         stages of a typical uncontrolled fire in a
         compartment
    2. Fire phenomena and the Part numbers of this
         standard describing methods to examine them,
         related to the stages of an uncontrolled fire in
         the compartment of origin

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    Describes the general principles and application of methods in this series of standards for fire testing of building products, components and elements of construction.

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    Committee FSH/21
    Development Note Supersedes 82/11518 DC. (07/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 476-11:1982 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for assessing the heat emission from building materials
    BS 476-7:1997 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method of test to determine the classification of the surface spread of flame of products
    BS 476-7:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for classification of the surface spread of flame of products
    BS DD180(1989) : 1989 GUIDE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TOXIC HAZARDS IN FIRE IN BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORT
    ISO/TR 834-3:2012 Fire-resistance tests — Elements of building construction — Part 3: Commentary on test method and guide to the application of the outputs from the fire-resistance test
    PD 6520:1988 Guide to fire test methods for building materials and elements of construction
    PD 6686:2006 Guidance on directives, regulations and standards related to prevention of fire and explosion in the process industries

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    BS 476-23:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Methods for determination of the contribution of components to the fire resistance of a structure
    BS DD70(1981) : LATEST
    ISO 3261:1975 Fire tests — Vocabulary
    ISO/TR 3956:1975 Principles of structural fire-engineering design with special regard to the connection between real fire exposure and the heating conditions of the standard fire-resistance test (ISO 834)
    ISO/TR 6585:1979 Fire hazard and the design and use of fire tests
    ISO 1716:2010 Reaction to fire tests for products Determination of the gross heat of combustion (calorific value)
    ISO 5657:1997 Reaction to fire tests Ignitability of building products using a radiant heat source
    ISO/TR 3814:1989 Tests for measuring "reaction-to-fire" of building materials — Their development and application
    ISO 1182:2010 Reaction to fire tests for products Non-combustibility test
    ISO 3008:2007 Fire-resistance tests Door and shutter assemblies
    BS 476-20:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for determination of the fire resistance of elements of construction (general principles)
    BS 476-13:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method of measuring the ignitability of products subjected to thermal irradiance
    ISO 5925-1:2007 Fire tests — Smoke-control door and shutter assemblies — Part 1: Ambient- and medium-temperature leakage tests
    BS 476-21:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Methods for determination of the fire resistance of loadbearing elements of construction
    ISO 834:1975 Fire-resistance tests — Elements of building construction
    BS 476-15:1993 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for measuring the rate of heat release of products
    ISO 3009:2003 Fire-resistance tests Elements of building construction Glazed elements
    BS 476-24:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for determination of the fire resistance of ventilation ducts
    BS 476-12:1991 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method of test for ignitability of products by direct flame impingement
    ISO 4736:1979 Fire tests Small chimneys Testing at elevated temperatures
    BS 476-8:1972 Fire tests on building materials and structures Test methods and criteria for the fire resistance of elements of building construction
    BS 476-22:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for determination of the fire resistance of non-loadbearing elements of construction
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