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FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS FOR LOADBEARING ELEMENTS - PART 5: BALCONIES AND WALKWAYS

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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2004

Publisher

National Standards Authority of Ireland

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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Test equipment
5 Test conditions
   5.1 Furnace
   5.2 Loading conditions
6 Test specimen
   6.1 General
   6.2 Size
   6.3 Number
   6.4 Design
       6.4.1 General
       6.4.2 Floor
   6.5 Exposure
   6.6 Construction
   6.7 Verification
7 Installation of test specimen
   7.1 General
   7.2 Loading and restraint
8 Conditioning
9 Application of instrumentation
   9.1 Furnace thermocouples (plate thermometers)
   9.2 Pressure
   9.3 Deflection
10 Test procedure
11 Performance criteria
12 Test report
13 Field of direct application of test results

Provides a method for determining the fire resistance, in respect with loadbearing capacity and with no separating function, of: - balconies exposed to the fire from either outside or inside the building; and - walkways exposed to the fire from either outside or inside the building.

DocumentType	Standard
Pages	13
PublisherName	National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
UNI EN 1365-5 : 2005	Identical
DIN EN 1365-5:2005-02	Identical
BS EN 1365-5:2004	Identical
UNE-EN 1365-5:2005	Identical
EN 1365-5:2004	Identical