CONTENTS
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
1.0 STANDARD CALCULATION METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION 1
1.1 General 1
1.2 Scope 1
1.3 Purpose and Use 1
1.4 Referenced Standards 1
1.5 Definitions 2
2.0 STANDARD METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE FIRE RESISTANCE OF PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION 2
2.1 Scope 2
2.2 Definitions 2
2.3 Concrete Walls 3
2.4 Concrete Floor and Roof Slabs 8
2.5 Concrete Cover over Reinforcement 8
2.6 Reinforced Concrete Columns 14
3.0 STANDARD METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE FIRE RESISTANCE OF TIMBER AND WOOD STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS 14
3.1 Scope 14
3.2 Notations and Definitions 14
3.3 Design of Fire-Resistive Exposed Wood Members 15
3.4 Component Additive Method for Calculating and Demonstrating Assembly Fire Endurance 15
4.0 STANDARD CALCULATION METHODS FOR DETERMINING
THE FIRE RESISTANCE OF MASONRY 17
4.1 Scope 17
4.2 Definitions 17
4.3 Equivalent Thickness 18
4.4 Masonry Walls 19
4.5 Reinforced Masonry Columns 21
4.6 Masonry Lintels 21
5.0 STANDARD METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE FIRE RESISTANCE
OF STRUCTURAL STEEL CONSTRUCTION 23
5.1 Scope 23
5.2 Structural Steel Columns 23
5.3 Structural Steel Beams and Girders 29
5.4 Structural Steel Trusses 31
COMMENTARY 33
C2.1 Scope 33
C2.2 Guide to Use of Procedures 35
C2.3 Concrete Walls 36
C2.4 Concrete Floor and Roof Slabs 40
C2.5 Concrete Cover over Reinforcement 41
C2.6 Reinforced Concrete Columns 42
References 42
C3.3 Design of Fire-Resistive Exposed Wood Members 43
C3.4 Component Additive Method for Calculating and Demonstrating Assembly
Fire Endurance 44
References 48
C4.1 Scope 48
C4.3 Equivalent Thickness 49
C4.5 Reinforced Masonry Columns 52
C4.6 Masonry Lintels 52
References 52
C5.1 Scope 52
C5.2 Structural Steel Columns 52
C5.3 Structural Steel Beams and Girders 53
C5.4 Structural Steel Trusses 56
References 56
APPENDIX A 59
INDEX 61