SEDL / STP / STP166-EB / STP39267S

Fire Tests of Building Structures and Materials and their Utilization in Building Code Requirements

Steiner, AJ
Engineer, Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., Chicago, Ill.

Pages: 6    Published: Jan 1955

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Abstract

Fundamentally, the purpose of fire tests for building materials and structures is to provide a basis for comparison of the behavior of different building elements under fire exposure conditions. These tests must be standardized and be of a kind which provides a means of classification for their utilization in building codes. If this is not accomplished, confusion is the result and fire disaster follows.