DD ENV 13381-4:2002

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions, symbols and units
4 Test equipment
5 Test conditions
6 Test specimens
7 Installation of the test specimens
8 Conditioning of the test specimens
9 Application of instrumentation
10 Test procedure
11 Test results
12 Test report
13 Assessment
14 Report of the assessment
15 Limits of the applicability of the results of the
   assessment
Annex A (normative) Test method to the smouldering fire
        or slow heating curve
Annex B (normative) The applicability of the results of
        the assessment to sections other than "I" or "H"
        sections
Annex C (normative) Measurement of properties of fire
        protection materials
Annex D (normative) Fixing of thermocouples to steel work
        and routing of cables
Annex E (normative) Correction for discrepancies in thickness
        between loaded and equivalent unloaded sections
Annex F (normative) Assessment methodology: Differential
        equation analysis (variable lambda approach)
Annex G (normative) Assessment methodology: Differential
        equation analysis (constant lambda approach)
Annex H (normative) Assessment methodology: Numerical
        regression analysis
Annex J (normative) Assessment methodology: Graphical
        presentation
Bibliography

Describes a test method for determining the contribution made by applied fire protection systems to the fire resistance of structural steel members, which can be used as beams, columns or tension members.