Influence of gypsum board type (X or C) on real fire performance of partition assemblies

Fire and Materials

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 425-442

  Manzello, Samuel L ^a   Gann, Richard G ^a   Kukuck, Scott R ^a   Lenhert, David B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartmentation; Fire resistance; Heat flux; Partitions; Wall

Indexed keywords

FIRE RESISTANCE; GYPSUM; HEAT FLUX; STRUCTURAL PANELS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

HEAT FLUX GAUGE; THERMAL CONDITIONS;

FIRES;

EID: 35948998172     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.940     Document Type: Article

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