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Measuring the Leakage of Door Assemblies during Standard Fire Exposures
A basis for relating overall intrabuilding smoke migration dynamics to high temperature, door assembly smoke leakage measurements is formulated. The results of applying the tentative, high temperature, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) test method DP 5925 Part 3, which was developed to measure smoke leakage of door assemblies during the course of a standard fire endurance test, are reported. A critical analysis reveals that the basic objective of the test method is limited in its utility in that fire scenarios in high-rise buildings may not be adequately simulated. Independent of this limitation the analysis then identifies certain theoretical problems with the test method and its procedures. These lead to a conclusion that the test method is not generally reliable. An alternate test concept which removes the above-mentioned limitation and all of its problems is described, and its development is advocated.
Measuring the Leakage of Door Assemblies during Standard Fire Exposures
A basis for relating overall intrabuilding smoke migration dynamics to high temperature, door assembly smoke leakage measurements is formulated. The results of applying the tentative, high temperature, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) test method DP 5925 Part 3, which was developed to measure smoke leakage of door assemblies during the course of a standard fire endurance test, are reported. A critical analysis reveals that the basic objective of the test method is limited in its utility in that fire scenarios in high-rise buildings may not be adequately simulated. Independent of this limitation the analysis then identifies certain theoretical problems with the test method and its procedures. These lead to a conclusion that the test method is not generally reliable. An alternate test concept which removes the above-mentioned limitation and all of its problems is described, and its development is advocated.
Measuring the Leakage of Door Assemblies during Standard Fire Exposures
L. Y. Cooper (author)
1981
12 pages
Report
No indication
English
| British Library Online Contents | 1992