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Performance of a non‐load‐bearing steel stud gypsum board wall assembly: Experiments and modelling
Author(s) -
Manzello Samuel L.,
Gann Richard G.,
Kukuck Scott R.,
Prasad Kuldeep,
Jones Walter W.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.939
Subject(s) - gypsum , heat flux , fire test , structural engineering , cavity wall , environmental science , engineering , geotechnical engineering , materials science , heat transfer , composite material , mechanics , physics
A gypsum wall assembly was exposed to an intense real‐scale compartment fire. For the wall assembly, temperatures were measured at the exposed face, within the stud cavity, and at the unexposed face during the fire exposure. Total heat flux gauges were used to measure the temporal variation of the energy incident on the walls, and cameras, both visual and infrared, were used to image the unexposed face of the wall assembly during the fire exposure. The behaviour of the wall assembly under the fire load is discussed as are current model results for a simulation of the fire test. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.