Fire resistance of timber decking for heavy timber construction

Fire and Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-29

  Richardson, L R ^a   Batista, M ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; FIRE RESISTANCE; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; TIMBER; WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

TIMBER DECKING;

WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0035088356     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1018(200101/02)25:1<21::AID-FAM754>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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