Influence of Fire on the Lateral Resistance of Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls
Research Overview
A furnished kitchen compartment fire was studied to provide a comparison with the design fire scenarios. The compartment (3.6 m long by 2.8 m wide by 2.8 m high) was constructed using cold-formed steel framing lined with two layers of 16 mm thick gypsum board and had an opening 1.6 m wide by 2.0 m high. The fire was started by ignition of a pan of oil left unattended on a stove.
Experiment Name | Plot of Heat Release Rate | Ignition Photo | Date/Time Sort descending | Specimen | Fuel Type | Test Duration (min) | Total Heat Released (MJ) | Peak HRR (kW) |
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S01_ISOburn1 | ![]() |
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Box Burner with Target Wall | Natural Gas | 31.17
|
1,852
|
1,508
|
|
SB02-ISOburn3 | ![]() |
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Box Burner with Target Wall | Natural Gas | 31.38
|
2,001
|
1,422
|
|
SB03b_MildFire | ![]() |
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Box Burner with Target Wall | Natural Gas | 15.37
|
1,395
|
1,792
|
|
SB04b_ISOFire | ![]() |
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Box Burner with Target Wall | Natural Gas | 61.00
|
4,167
|
1,402
|
|
OSB03b_MildFire | ![]() |
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Box Burner with Target Wall | Natural Gas | 15.52
|
1,448
|
1,852
|
|
OSB04b_ISOFire | ![]() |
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Box Burner with Target Wall | Natural Gas | 66.32
|
4,803
|
2,156
|
|
OSB05b_MildFire | ![]() |
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Box Burner with Target Wall | Natural Gas | 16.28
|
1,430
|
1,793
|
|
S03b_MildFire | ![]() |
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Box Burner with Target Wall | Natural Gas | 16.18
|
1,439
|
1,822
|
|
S05b_MildFire | ![]() |
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Box Burner with Target Wall | Natural Gas | 15.60
|
1,442
|
1,865
|
|
S06b_MildFire | ![]() |
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Box Burner with Target Wall | Natural Gas | 15.75
|
1,452
|
1,879
|
|
Kitchen Room Fire | ![]() |
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kitchen room with OSB back wall | Cellulose, Plastic | 83.08
|
6,813
|
7,585
|
Bryant, R. and Bundy, M. The NIST 20 MW Calorimetry Measurement System for Large-Fire Research, Technical Note (NIST TN) 2077, 2019
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2077
NIST Fire Calorimetry Database (FCD)
https://doi.org/10.18434/mds2-2314