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Stephen Howard
Passive Fire
June 2014
Objectives
Faade systems
Examples of fires involving building envelope
Mechanisms of fire spread
Regulation in the UK
Testing and Third party approval
Test Facilities
Faades
What is a Faade ?
The building envelope (typically 15 to the
building face)
Materials
Timber
Plastics
GRP
Glazing
Polymeric composites
Cement based products
With and without insulation
Green
It is frequently a kit of parts
You Tube
develop
13 min
14 min
15 min
Experimental investigations
www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADB1_2006.pdf
www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_App_Doc_B_v2.pdf
Loadbearing elements
Cavity barriers
Test Facility
1500
2800
Main Face
Wing
Level 2
2500
250
2000
2000
Combustion
Chamber
9675
Level 1
550
Test Principles
The duration of
the fire load is 30
minutes. Test runs
up to 60 minutes
Post Test
Damage is recorded in the
following areas:
flame spread on surface
flame spread in cavities or
insulation
area of faade damaged or
detached
Graphical Output
Sample Graph
Temperature rise, above Ts ('C)
1000
800
600
400
200
ts
0
-10
10
Time (mins)
20
30
40
Set one
Set two
BR 135 Third
Addition
Europe
ETAG 004 no large-scale
fire test specified
Many European states
have similar tests for
faade systems
recognising the need to
understand the system
interactions.
EOTA group now working
developing a full scale test
method.
Thank you
You Tube
howards@bre.co.uk