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Bi-Annual Meeting of CIB

Commission W-14 (Fire)

May 29 - June 2, 1978

D. Gross and A. F. Robertson

Center for Fire Research

National Engineering Laboratory

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D C. 20234

November 1978

Final Report

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i *i * BI-ANNUAL MEETING OF CIB

COMMISSION W-14 (FIRE)

MAY 29 - JUNE 2, 1978

D. Gross and A. F. Robertson

Center for Fire Research

National Engineering Laboratory

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D.C. 20234

November 1978

Final Report

Working Committee Document

For Official Distribution

Not for Reference

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Juanita M. Kreps, Secretary

Dr. Sidney Harman. Under Secretary

Jordan J. Baruch, Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS. Ernest Ambler, Director

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CONTENTS

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Abstract 1

Report of Meeting 2

Appendix A - List of participants 12

Appendix B - Agenda 19

Appendix C - List of papers circulated to delegates 22

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BI-ANNUAL MEETING OF CIB COMMISSION W-14 (FIRE)

MAY 29 - JUNE 2, 1978

D. Gross and A. F. Robertson

Abstract

A summary is presented of the discussions

which took place during the 13th Meeting of CIB

Commission W-14 on Fire in Lyngby, Denmark. A

total of 57 delegates from 16 countries discussed

the building fire safety question in terms of

codes, fire incidence statistics, fire engineering

education, structural fire protection, full scale

experiments, fire growth and smoke movement. A

list of papers circulated to delegates during the

last two years is included as reference.

Key words: CIB; buildings; codes; Commission W-14

education; fire endurance; fire safety; fire tests

smoke movement; statistics.

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BI-ANNUAL MEETING OF CIB COMMISSION W-14 (FIRE)

MAY 29 - JUNE 2, 1978

D. Gross and A. F. Robertson

Openi ng Plenary Session

The 13th Meeting of Commission W-14 on Fire of the Conseil International

du Batiment pour la Recherche L* Etude et la Documentation (CIB) was

convened on May 29, 1978 at the Technical University of Denmark in

Lyngby, Denmark. There were a total of 57 delegates from 16 countries

plus a representative from ECE making this the largest Commission W-14

meeting to date. The U.S. was represented by Robertson and Gross (NBS)

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Berl (APL) , and Shaenman (NFPCA) . A list of the delegates is attached

as Annex 1.

Dr. Philip Oktander, the Director of the Danish Building Research

Institute welcomed the delegates and indicated that his Institute was extremely concerned with fire matters although not actively engaged in

research at the present time. He mentioned the two important world-wide

trends which have a bearing on fire safety: (1) urbanization, and (2)

industrialization. He tied these in to housing developments of high

density and the increasing use of lightweight components such as wood

and plastics rather than heavy precast concrete panels in order to

reduce transportation and handling costs. He noted that such combustible

lightweight components also increased the fire risk and he concluded by

emphasizing that we must relate fire research work to these trends.

Mr. Eric Pedersen from the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences in

Glostrop gave some details on the general arrangements for the meeting

in terms of the business and social activities scheduled. Dr. Philip

Thomas, Chairman of CIB W-14, proceeded with the agenda (Annex 2) which

was approved without change. Likewise, the report of the previous

meeting in Washington, D.C. was accepted without change. Since the

agenda items did not always proceed chronologically, the agenda item

number is given in parenthesis after the subject heading. A list of the

papers circulated to delegates since the previous meeting in Washington

is included as Annex 3.

Code Advisory Panel (3.1)

A brief report was made of the activities of the Code Advisory Panel.

This panel, which was set up four years ago, has met twice formally and

has had informal discussions amongst members as opportunities arose.

Mr. Malhotra from the British Fire Research Station has served as Convenor and other members have included Mr. Mathez of CSTB France,

Prof. Kordina of the Technical College in Braunschweig, Germany, Prof.

Pettersson of Lund University in Sweden and Prof. Witteveen from TNO,

Netherlands. The three tasks of the Code Advisory Panel have been (1)

to study codes prior to their publication, (2) to advise code committees

on the latest information relating to fire protection, and (3) to adopt

a long term role of generating data on structural fire protection

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including philosophy. The panel has maintained liaison with the following

major groups concerned with codes: The Federation International du

Preconstrainte (FIP), The European Committee of Constructional Steelwork

(ECCS) , CIB Commission W— 23A on Masonry Structures, and the Comite

Europeane de Industrie du Bois (CEIBois), as well as with the Economic

Commission for Europe (ECE) and the Commission of the European Community

(CEC) . As a result of these discussions the Code Advisory Panel has

finalized the preparation of a document entitled "Basis of Design for

the Fire Protection of Building Structures," authored by Dr. P. H. Thomas,

which is now available as CIB Publication No. 41. A draft document

dealing with an analytical approach to the design of structures to

provide specified protection against fire, has been prepared by Prof.

Pettersson and Margaret Law and is designated as Document 78/81. Comments on this document are requested to be sent to the authors before

August 31. In addition, the Code Advisory Panel has prepared for members

of the International Engineering Society and other committees a series

of principles and guidelines to be used in the preparation of international codes for structures to resist fires.

CIB 7th Congress (3.2)

A brief mention was made of the Seventh CIB Congress held in Edinburgh

in September 1977, in which papers by Dr. Thomas, Dr. Harmathy, Mr. Hasemi

and others were presented. Dr. Thomas indicated that the form of each

meeting is structured by the CIB board, and that for the Edinburgh

Congress, coordinators of the various commissions were invited to present

review papers.

CIB Publications (3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6)

With regard to CIB publications, it was announced that the first officially

approved CIB publications on the subject of fire were CIB publication 41

by Dr. Thomas and CIB publication 42 by Jim Fry. Also CIB publication

48 is the Report of the Symposium held in Amsterdam in May 1977. These

publications are available for purchase from the Secretary General of

CIB, Mr. Janssen, P.0. Box 20704, Weena 704 Rotterdam. At the Amsterdam

Symposium, which was entitled "Fire Safety in Buildings: Needs and

Criteria" there were 160 participants and the purpose of the Symposium

was to provide an international discussion on fire protection levels

needed and how these may be achieved. As an outcome of the Symposium, a small working group has been formed to pursue initiatives and subsequently

Mr. Witteveen made an appeal for increased interaction between fire

researchers, fire brigade officers, code officials, insurance interests

and users of buildings. This introduced the subject of relations with

CTIF (Comite Technique contra Incendie et Feu) and CEA (Comite Europeane

d ' Assurance) . For explanation, Mr. Howell, the Chief Fire Inspector in

Denmark, indicated that CTIF, which has members in 28 countries worldwide, is a private organization with no direct funding or permanent

secretary and consequently there cannot be any "official" representation.

This led to a lively discussion among many delegates who debated the

role of CIB in terms of problem definition, exploitation of the best

available technology, roles of the building owner, the designer, the

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engineer architect, the insurer, the fire brigade and the code official,

as well as the acceptable levels of protection. Prof. Kordina expressed

the view that since there are so many different approaches and philosophies

to "fire safety" we should not expect a single definitive and acceptable

level of protection. However, the general view was that more data needs

to be made available to building designers on the potential benefits and

reduced risks to be derived from the use of fire protection devices

(detectors, sprinklers, etc.) and that this implementation of research

could be utilized not only in the area of structural codes but also in

terms of codes for protection against smoke, fire growth, personnel

safety, etc.

With regard to relations with ISO, Dr. Thomas is looking toward the

official ISO Coordinating Committee meeting to be held in the fall. He

expressed the thought that if CIB is weak then ISO/TC 92 will diffuse

into the research area. (Dr. Thomas is chairman of both ISO/TC 92 and

CIB W-14.) A discussion evolved in which an attempt was made to clarify

the areas where CIB is especially active and best fitted and those areas where ISO has special expertise. It was stated that ISO has expertise

in test procedures and is reluctant to accept extensions into areas involving concepts of safety.

ECE Meeting (3.7)

At this time Mr, H. D. Clarke, representing the ECE (Economic Commission

for Europe) Secretariat in Geneva, made some introductory remarks related

to the recommendations and proposals for CIB action given in Document

78/36. He explained that ECE is not a legislative body and does not

generate regulations. ECE consists of 34 member governments (including

the U.S., Canada, and Russia) in five areas and its Committee on Housing,

Building and Planning has as one of its goals the harmonization of

building regulations, defined as the reduction of tariff barriers for

general social betterment. One of the five divisions of the Committee

on Housing, Building and Planning has published a directory of regulatory

officials and is preparing a directory of product approval laboratories.

In Document 78/36, Annex 1, there a list of eight proposals for CIB

action. Some of these items have proposed milestone dates. Prof. Kordina

was critical of the statement that "formidable barriers to trade are caused by lack of harmonized building regulations’ codes and standards."

He stated that lack of trade was usually due to other considerations,

for example, different philosophies, estimates of safety, use of heavy

building components, etc., rather than differences in standards. We

questioned some of the wording of these proposals for action; in particular, the phrase "governments should" was too strong and outside the

scope of CIB W-14, since CIB activities are totally voluntary by individuals and research organizations. Witteveen and Becker also stated

that we (CIB W-14) can offer to help ECE but we cannot accept the

responsibility of providing answers in terms of promised dates for the

delivery of outputs since the problems we are trying to solve are difficult

state-of-the-art problems.

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General Technical Sessions

Survey of Higher Education in Fire Safety (4.1)

In Document 78/82 Professor Olesen from the Aalborg University Center

provided a summary of fire engineering education throughout the world as

of 1978. He prefaced this by stating that he was only able to assemble

data on fire protection curricula from universities that he was aware of or had been referred to and which had replied to his questionnaire.

World-wide, only three universities provide degrees in fire protection

engineering: the University of Maryland, the Illinois Institute of

Technology and the University of Edinburgh. It was noted, however, that

Deakin University in Victoria, Australia, gives a graduate diploma in

fire technology. Prof. Olesen agreed to extend his survey with a more

specific questionnaire and requested that all delegates with knowledge

of universities giving degrees, diplomas, or seminars and courses in

fire protection to please advise.

Group Meetings

The meetings were divided into two group sessions. Group 1 dealt with

codes, structural fire protection and full-scale fire tests. Group 2 dealt with smoke movement, fire loss statistics and fire growth and

behavior. Rapporteurs were assigned to summarize the available literature

in each of the topic areas.

Group 1 Discussion

This group was chaired by Mr. Malhotra and involved approximately 30

delegates. In the area of codes, a code for the design of concrete

structures has been published by the Federation Internationale de la

Precontrainte (FIP) . A. H. Gustaferro, representing the Prestressed

Concrete Institute, has worked closely with Prof. Kordina and has provided

information on the PCI rational design method for fire resistance of

concrete structural members. A draft report (Document 78/81) by Margaret

Law and Prof. Ove Pettersson on the design for fire protection using

analytical methods was circulated for comment and is planned for publication as a CIB document. This extensive report includes consideration

of basic fire safety objectives, the assessment of risk, requirements

and regulations, limitations of standard fire resistance tests, and

theoretical fire engineering designs based on fire loads, ventilation

effects, thermal properties of materials and compartment fire test data.

In the area of structural fire protection. Prof. Pettersson gave a comprehensive review of analytical and experimental studies dealing with

concrete, steel and wood structures, and concluded that additional

rationalization is required to reduce design for structural fire protection to comparable levels of fire safety. His review covered radiation

characteristics in furnaces and in fires, use of radiation thermometers

and pyrometers rather than thermocouples, analytical and differentiated

design methods using decision trees, temperature time curves, estimated

fire loads, flame patterns within enclosures and emerging from windows,

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exposure of exterior columns to flames, and equivalent fire duration

time. He compared the different relations for equivalent fire duration

time proposed by Thomas, by Pettersson and by Schneider and Haksever.

Prof. Pettersson then reviewed reports dealing with steel structures,

concrete structures and wood structures.

In view of the strong interest in Pettersson' s review he agreed to

prepare a written summary for circulation to CIB W—14 members.

In the subsequent discussion of the review, the following points were

brought out. With regard to comparability of furnace tests in different

laboratories Mr. Dan^ from Denmark indicated that a combustible wall was

tested repetitively six times in Norway and several times each in furnaces

in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The results were repeatable even though

the furnaces differed in terms of fuel type (oil and gas) and thermal

properties of the furnace construction. A report is expected to be

available in several months. Dr. Harmathy indicated that the repeatability of a standard ASTM E-119 fire test was + 4% while the repeatability

of a natural fire test was + 20%. Mr. Adam expressed the thought that

moisture effects in fire test specimens are still imperfectly known and

that this is a severe limitation on the use of the calculation method.

Prof. Kordina expressed the need to perform fire endurance tests on com- plex load bearing structures in order to prove the ability and reliability

of the very sophisticated computer programs to predict actual performance.

He said that the ultimate goal of sophisticated analysis is to provide

simplified engineering guides useful for engineers.

In the area of full-scale fire tests, Mr. Adam as rapporteur concentrated

on full-scale structural fire tests, mainly on concrete elements conducted

in France. This is a four phase program consisting of large-scale

tests of components (beams, panels, etc.) in phase 1, with application

to structures, and extension to partial assemblies in phase 2. In the

third phase, anomalies from these partial tests are planned to take into

account stress distributions, moisture movements, separation of layers.

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spalling of concrete walls, etc. The fourth phase consists of an implementation phase, involving practical recommendations and regulatory

use.

Mr. Adam then outlined a series of research needs for work on concrete

and steel structures. The former included first of all the role of free

moisture. It was noted that instrumented concrete structures show

continuing changes in moisture gradient with time and are checked every

six months. Mr. Knight (Australia) indicated that in Melbourne a lightweight concrete structure was not yet an equilibrium after nine years.

Other needs for concrete structures included the use of pre-slabs as forms for poured-in-place concrete, the role of existing cracks in

reinforced concrete, hyperstatic concrete structures, the formation of

hinges, suspended ceilings, and the risks of spalling. The research

areas for steel include protected columns, exterior columns, and massive

sections. To obtain additional information and cooperation from other

countries Mr. Adam has prepared a questionnaire requesting other laboratories who would be interested in cooperating in large-scale fire tests

to advise him as soon as possible.

Mr. Malhotra indicated that the collection of high temperature properties

of materials was one of the important future activities that he could

foresee. Mr. Hadvig (Denmark) briefly summarized some of the activities

in the Danish laboratories dealing with the charring of wood and plastic

under three-sided heating. More detail is given in an unpublished

report (copy requested).

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Prof. Olesen indicated that at the Aalborg University Center he has set

up three lightweight modular construction fire endurance furnaces in

which the structural load and the fire exposure components are separated

for flexibility. These furnaces have ceramic fiber interior surfaces

over a base of mineral wool. This permits very rapid temperature buildup

and cool down including the possibility of water spray cooling of the

furnaces. He indicated that it took only four days to assemble a large

beam furnace. More information is given in a report prepared by Mr. Hviid

and Prof. Olesen (Report No. 7801 of the Aalborg Institute of Building

Technology and Structural Engineering, March 1978).

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G roup 2 Discussion

The Group 2 discussion, chaired by Dr. Robertson, involved approximately

30 delegates. In the area of smoke control Mrs. Majou of the Centre

Scientifique et Technique du Batiment (CSTB) reviewed the factors affecting

smoke movement and behavior in residential-type buildings, available

methods, advantages, problems and topics for future study. This is

discussed in more detail in her paper 78/82. Since this was in French

it was agreed that this would be translated and circulated for review

and comment and it was further proposed that it be submitted to the CIB

Journal, Building Research and Practice. In terms of suggestions for

further studies consideration of the following factors are likely to

influence the application and use of smoke control systems: (1) procedures

for testing an installed system, (2) performance acceptability; (3)

maintenance problems; (4) applications to existing buildings; (5) requirements on such systems in member countries; (6) effects of sprinklers on performance; (7) detection and operating devices; and (8) bibliography

on smoke control systems.

In terms of fire loss statistics Mr. Shaenman discussed U.S. experience

and compared it with international losses pointing out correlations

between cigarette sales and fire loss as well as other factors. Shaenman

illustrated fire fatality and economic loss data in graphical form. In

terms of monetary loss Norway and Australia experienced somewhat higher

losses in 1972 to 1974 compared to the $13 per capita loss in U.S. buildings.

One of his findings suggests that although the unit fire loss is less in

the higher wealth countries, the number of fires is greater resulting in

higher dollar loss. Subsequently Shaenman offered to analyze national

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fire, loss experience world-wide over the next two years and requested

statistical data from all participating countries.

Mr. Becker served as rapporteur for the subject "Growth and Spread of

Fires." He grouped the large number of applicable papers into the

following topics: Ventilation and Burning Behavior; Mathematical

Modeling; Scale Modeling; and a miscellaneous group, including pool-type

fires and fire spread in cable trays. Papers 77/9, 78/73 and 78/74

dealt with ventilation of fire compartments and burning behavior including

computer modeling of preflashover fire behavior and comparison of charring

and non-charring fuels. A group of papers from Japan, 78/38, 77/10,

78/39 and 78/40, were classified as being related to mathematical model

studies. The latter report by Morishita involves a statistical analysis

of fire spread behavior in actual building fires. The chairman noted

that there is a sizeable program of computer modeling of fire behavior

currently being coordinated in the U.S. by the National Bureau of Standards

and invited those desiring information on the developments to write for

this. Paper 77/14 by Quintiere (NBS) deals with the use of both physical

and computer models to simulate fire behavior in building corridors.

The conclusion from the paper was that scale models are useful for

analysis of the early stages of fire behavior but may not properly take

into account the effects of radiant heat transfer during fully developed

fires. A number of other papers were discussed briefly, including 78/60

which is an experimental study of fires in electrical power plant cable

trays. It was suggested that fire growth in the plastic insulation of

such cables could be estimated from the ignition temperature of the

polymer which varies over a considerable range. Paper 78/26 on the

subject of thermoplastic pool-type enclosure fires was followed by a lively discussion on the question of the stability of such fires.

Fire Statistics (ECE) (4.2)

Dr. Kovacs attempted a survey of fire statistics and fire reporting. He

received comments only from the U.K. and France. He said there were two

major problems; one dealing with terminology and the second with the

purpose of statistics which was in his view to get as accurate a picture

as possible of fire loss experience according to building category. The

U.K. suggested that it is preferable to restrict such statistics to life

loss and to leave property loss to insurance interests. In Kovacs'

presentation, he tried to analyze statistics in terms of the following

types of questions: (a) How did the buildings and materials behave

during real fires? (b) How did the people behave? (c) How did the fire

protection devices perform? (d) How successful was the fire department

in terms of the type of fire? (e) What was the effect of building design

on fire growth?

In the discussion that followed it was noted that CSTB, with cooperation

from the Building Construction Institute (UTI) , have been using eight

engineers as observers, some of whom go out with the fire brigade on the

first call over a complete 24-hour period. The first objective is to

provide facts about fire development suitable for researchers; the

second objective is to train engineer/observers who will be able to

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provide on-the-scene advice to the fire department; and the third objective

is to secure better fire data and statistics. A similar system involving

engineers as observers accompanying the fire brigade is used in Copenhagen.

Mr. Nice (UK) indicated the difficulty of getting agreement with the

fire brigades on the fire reporting form. In the U.K., a team is sent

out to investigate fires after fire fighting is over to avoid potential

obstruction of the fire department. In certain cases, e.g. school fires

and residential fires involving deaths, in-depth investigations are

made. Mr. Toyer (CSTB) said that in France firemen are appreciative of

the help received from the engineers and do not look on their presence

as interference or obstruction. Questions and comments are to be sent

to Dr. Kovacs for an updated report which can be relayed to ECE.

Terminology of Basic Concepts (ECE) (4.3)

In the absence of Dr. Porgorzelski, no report was made on this subject.

International Fire Research Work (9)

In a general summary session. Prof. Witteveen made the suggestion that a task group be formed to study and develop the basic concepts of fire

safety in buildings in terms of performance criteria. His approach was

to encourage a strong dialogue and participation between CIB W-14 and

code authorities, fire brigades, and insurance interests. Witteveen was

extremely interested in the fire safety evaluation system developed in

CFR for health care facilities. The task group set up under the chairmanship of Witteveen (Netherlands) included Kawagoe (Japan) , Pedersen

(Denmark), Kovacs (Hungary), and representatives from the U.K., France,

Sweden, U.S., Germany and Russia.

A general discussion was held on how to improve the participation

coordination and technical aspects of the next CIB W-14 meeting. This

led to the suggestion that a preplanning session be held several weeks

before the meeting to ensure coordination, preparation by rapporteurs,

etc. Many delegates felt there was need to circulate the review articles

before the meeting and to present the basic conclusions in clear graphic

form at the meeting to overcome language problems. Several specific

suggestions of topics for the next meeting were made. These dealt with

mathematical modeling of fire growth, the effects of smoke and other

behaviorial aspects, fire safety evaluation systems including tradeoffs, fire loss statistics, rules for evacuation, and a general review

of research. As an extension of the CIB W-14 activities. Dr. Kawagoe

indicated that a symposium was being planned on fire safety in buildings

for Tokyo about September of 1979 and some suggestions were made for

structuring this meeting which would correspond with the 20th year of

CIB W"14 activity.

Round Table Discussion

A seminar on future fire research activity was sponsored by the Danish

Society of Fire Technology. Seven short (10 to 15 minute) talks were

presented and questions were addressed to the panelists by the audience.

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Dr. Berl (U.S.) gave a presentation on fire fatalities over the past five

years in the State of Maryland indicating what is known about the relationship between deaths, CO, smoking, etc. Mr. Becker (Germany) summarized

fire growth and behavior needs and mentioned problems of the laboratories'

small-scale tests with need for verification on large scale. Mr. Seeger

(Germany) talked about air and smoke movement in buildings. Dr. Robertson

(U.S.) talked about measurements of fire properties, those that are independent of the test method and those that depend upon the test

method, and the need to collect multiple property values and to combine

these to estimate hazard. Dr. Magnusson (Sweden) covered material

responses, effect of the exposure levels, and options for fire hazard

assessments in terms of the advantages and disadvantages of full-scale

simulations, semi-natural scale testing, regression analysis of small

and large scale data, and mathematical modeling. Bill Malhotra (U.K.)

discussed fire and building codes and problems in international harmonization, and Prof. Witteveen (Netherlands) spoke about policies for fire

safety in terms of social acceptability of fire risk, the amount of

money to be spent and the optimum mix of fire prevention measures. His

figures indicate that the annual loss caused by fire in Holland is

approximately 800 million Dutch Florin of which 500 million are direct

and indirect losses plus insurance costs and 300 million represents

investments in fire prevention and fire brigade activity.

Next Meeting (12)

The date and the time of the next meeting were not firmed up but an offer was received from Mr. Kalos on behalf of the Technical University

of Athens and consideration is being given to a date in April or May of

1980.

Aalborg University Center

At the invitation of Prof. Olesen, a visit was arranged to the Fire

Research Laboratory of the Aalborg University Center. Olesen recently

assembled three fire resistant furnaces for testing columns, beams and

joints, at a total cost of $70,000, of which half was for furnaces, and

half for load equipment and instrumentation. The unique features of

these furnaces are: (a) modular construction which permitted rapid

assembly (four days for the beam furnace) and which allows for simple

changes in the size of the test specimen; and (b) the use of lightweight

ceramic fiber insulation in place of fire brick. Such construction

reduces the heating and cooling cycles and saves fuel. The features of

the furnace are discussed more fully in an available report.
Appendix A

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

AUS AUSTRALIA

Mr. John Keough

Experimental Building Station

Department of Housing and Construction

P.0. Box 30

Chatswood

New South Wales 2067

Mr. Darryl Knight

BHP Melbourne Research Labs

245 Wellington Road

Clayton, Vic. 3168

B BELGIUM

Mr. Henri Remagle

Institut National du Logement

Boulevard Saint Lazare 10

1030 Bruxelles

CDN CANADA

Mr. Tibor Z. Harmathy

National Research Council of Canada

Montreal Road

K1A 0R6 Ottawa

Ontario

DK DENMARK

Mr . B . Bohm

The Technological Institute

Copenhagen

Mr. Ejnar Dan^

National Institute for Testing of Materials

Statspr^veanstalten

Amager Boulevard 108

2300 Copenhagen S

Mr. S. Hadvig

Laboratory of Heating and Air Conditioning

Technical University of Denmarm

2800 Lyngby

Mr. Niels Jurgen Hviid

Institute of Building Technology

and Structural Engineering, AUC,

Danmarksgade 19

9000 Aalborg

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DK DENMARK (cont.)

Mr. T. Jakobsen

Institute of Building Design

Technical University of Denmark

2800 Lyngby

Mr. B.Chr. Jensen

Axel Nielsen A/S

Mr. Frits Bolonius Olesen

Institute of Building Technology and

Structural Engineering, AUC,

Danmarksgade 19

9000 Aalborg

Mr. Erik Pedersen

The Danish Fire Research & Development Group

The Danish Academy of Technical Sciences

Park Alle 345

2600 Glostrup

Mr. H. Salmark

Laboratory of Heating and Air Conditioning

Technical University of Denmark

2800 Lyngby

Mr. J. Steffensen

The Danish Fire Research & Development Grou!

The Danish Academy of Technical Sciences

Park Alle 345

2600 Glostrup

F FRANCE

Mr. Michel Adam

U.T.I.

9, rue la Perouse

75784 Paris Cedex 16

Mr. Denis Cluzel

B/0 U.T.I. Fonctionnement Services Financiers

9, rue la Perouse

75784 Paris Cedex 16

Mrs. Anne-Marie Majou

Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment

4, Ave. du Recteur Poincare

75782 Paris Cedex 16

Mr. Michel Toyer

Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment

4, Ave. du Recteur Spincare

75782 Paris Cedex 16
G GERMANY

Mr. Wolfram Becker

Im Kastenbusch 15

6730 Neustadt-Hambach an der Welnstrasse

Mr. Fischer

Staatl. Materialprufungsamt NW

4600 Dortmund 41

Marsbrushstr . 186

Mr. Karl Kordina

Institut fur Baustof fkunde u. Stahlbetonbau

Beethovenstr . 52

3300 Braunschweig

Mr. U. Quast

Institut fur Baustof fkunde u. Stahlbetonbau

Amtliche Materialprufanstalt fur das Bauwesen

der Technischen Universitat Braunschweig

Beethovenstr. 52

3300 Braunschweig

Mr. U. Schneider

Institut fur Baustof fkunde u. Stahlbetonbau

Amtliche Materialprufanstalt fur das Bauwesen

der Technischen Universitat Braunschweig

Beethovenstr. 52

3300 Braunschweig

Mr. Paul Gerhard Seeger

Forschungsstelle fur Brandschutztechnik

an der Universitat Karlsruhe

Hertzstrasse 16

7500 Karlsruhe 21

Mr. Jurgen Stanke

Bundesanstalt fur Materialprufung

Unter den Eichen 87

45 Berlin

GR GREECE

Mr. George Kalos

1, Gladstonos St.

Athens 141

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NL THE NETHERLANDS

Mr. J.F. van Elteren

Institute TNO for Building Materials

and Building Structures

P.0. Box 49

Delft

Mr. Leen Twilt

IBBC-TNO

P.0. Box 49

Delft

Mr. Jelle Witteveen

IBBC-TNO

P.0. Box 49

Delft

H HUNGARY

Dr. Karoly Kovacs

Quality Control Institute of Buildings - EMI

Budapest

J JAPAN

Mr. Y. Hasemi

Building Research Institute

Haykunin-cho , 3-28-8

Shinj uku-ku

160 Tokyo

Dr. K. Kawagoe

Tokyo Rika Daigawa

(Science Univ. of Tokyo)

Noda-shi, chiba-ken

N NORWAY

Mr. H.A. Bakke

The Norwegian Fire Research Laboratory

7034 Trondheim - NTH

Mr. Niels Qistein Rimstad

The Norwegian Institute of Wood

Working and Wood Technology

Forskningsveien 3 b

P.0. Box 337, Blindern

Oslo 3

15
S SWEDEN

Mr . Yngve Anderberg

Division of Structural Mechanics and

Concrete Construction

Lund Institute of Technology

Fack

220 07 Lund

Mr. Staff an Bengtson

Svenska Brandf orsvars Foreningen

Kungsholms Hamnplan 3

112 20 Stockholm

Mr. Bertil Fredlund

Division of Structural Mechanics and

Concrete Construction

Lund Institute of Technology

Fack

220 07 Lund

Mr. Bengt Hagglund

National Defense Research Institute

Fack

104 50 Stockholm 80

Mr. Rolf Jansson

National Defense Research Institute

Fack

104 50 Stockholm 80

Mr. Sven Erik Magnusson

Division of Structural Mechanics

and Concrete Construction

Lund Institute of Technology

Fack

220 07 Lund

Mr. Ove Pettersson

Division of Structural Mechanics

and Concrete Construction

Lund Institute of Technology

Fack

220 07 Lund

Mr. Sven Thelandersson

Division of Structural Mechanics

and Concrete Construction

Lund Institute of Technology

Fack

220 07 Lund

Mr. Ulf Wickstrom

Division of Structural Mechanics

and Concrete Construction

Lund Institute of Technology

Fack

220 07 Lund
CH SWITZERLAND

Mr. Michael Clarke

United Nations

Economic Commission for Europe

GB UNITED KINGDOM

Mr. M. Law

Ove Arup and Partners

13, Fitzroy St.

London W1P 6 B Q

Mr. H.L. Malhotra

Fire Research Station

Melrose Avenue

Borehamwood

Hertfordshire WD6 2BL

Mr. G. R. Nice

Head of Fire Research Station

Melrose Avenue

Borehamwood

Hertfordshire WD6 2BL

Mr. Philip Thomas

Fire Research Station

Melrose Avenue

Borehamwood

Hertfordshire WD6 2BL

USA THE UNITED STATES

Mr. W. Berl

Applied Physics Laboratory

Johns Hopkins University

Laurel, Md.

Mr. Daniel Gross

National Bureau of Standards

B 64 Technology

Washington, D.C. 20234

Mr. Alexander F. Robertson

Senior Scientist

Programmatic Center for Fire Research

U.S. Department of Commerce

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D.C. 20234

17
USA THE UNITED STATES (cont.)

Mr. Philip Schaenman

National Fire Data Center

National Fire Administration

U.S. Department of Commerce

P.0. Box 19518

Washington, D.C.

SU THE SOVIET UNION

Yakovlev, GosStroy

Labozin, Gosstroy

YU YUGOSLAVIA

Mr. Sprung

Head of the Division for Thermal Technology

Zavod za Zavarivanje i Toplinsku Tehnologiju s p.o.

41000 Zagreb

Folnegoviceva ul. 2

18
Appendix B

Monday

08.00 -

09.30

10.45 -

12.30 -

14.00

)

AGENDA

29th May , 1978

9.30 Registration.

1 . Opening of Meeting

2. Agenda

11.05 Coffee-break.

3. Report of CIB W14 Washington DC Meeting 197 6

and CIB W14 Activity since then.

3.1 Code Advisory Panel

3.2 CIB 7th Congress

3.3 CIB Publications and Policy

3.4 Fire Safety in Buildings: Needs and

Criteria Report of Symposium in Amsterdam

1977.

14.00 Lunch

3.5 Relations with CTIF and CEA.

3.6 Relations with ISO.

3.7 Economic Commission for Europe Meeting

(Budapest Nov. 1977)

(CIB W14 78/36 (UK) ) (see also 4.2 - 4.3

and co-ordinator's letter of 8th Dec. 1977).

4 . General Technical Sessions

4.1 Survey of Higher Education in Fire Safety

Olesen

4.2 Fire Statistics (ECE) Kovacs

(see co-ordinator's letter 8th Dec. 1977)

4.3 Terminology of Basic Concepts (ECE)

Porgorzelski (see co-ordinator's letter

8th December 1977).

19
Tuesday, 30th May, and Wednesday, 31st May, 1978

5. Group Sessions

Group I 5.1 Codes (Codes Advisory Panel) - Malhotra

I 5.2 Other matters related to structural fire

protection - Pettersson or Magnusson

I 5.3 Full Scale experiments - Adam

II 5.4 Smoke Movement - Majou, Cluzel

II 5.5 Reporting fires, fatalities and loss

Schaenman

II 5.6 Fire Growth and Behaviour - Becker

(inc. contents and furnishings large scale

tests)

.

Daily meeting schedule:

09.00 - 10.30 Session Meeting

10.30 - 10.50 Coffee-break

10.50 - 12.30 Session Meeting

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 17.00 Session Meeting (Tuesday only; Wednesday afternoon is reserved for a bus excursion to North

Zealand, see below)

.

14.00 - 18.00 6

.

Bus Excursion to North Zealand.

(Frederiksborg Castle and Louisiana Museum of

Modern Art)

.

20
General Sessions

Thursday, 1st June/ 1978

09.00 -

- 10.30

10.30 - 10.50

10.50 - 17.00

12.30 - 14.00

7. Reports by Group Chairmen.

8. Discussion of Reports.

Coffee-break

9. International Fire Research

Work and Organisation of W14.

Proposals for future Activities.

Lunch.

Session continued

Friday, 2nd June, 1978

09.00 - 10. Future Activities (continued)

11. Any other Business

10.30 - 10.50 Coffee-break.

10.50 - 12. Date and Place of next Meeting

13. Closure at mid-day.

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

Friday, 2nd June, 1978

14.00 - Open Session with invited Guests based on

Rapporteurs' and Chairmen's reports and agreed

future Programme.

16.30 - Reception in Faculty Club.

Hosted by the Danish Society of Fire Technology.

Names of rapporteurs are shown underlined.

21
Appendix C

CIB COMMISSION W14

LIST OF PAPERS CIRCULATED TO DELEGATES

SINCE THE INARCH- APRIL 1976 MEETING IN WASHINGTON USA

•jjJ^IB/tfl 4/ 160/76

^CIB/W14/1 61/76

CIB/W14/1 62/76

CIB/W14/1 63/76

CIB/W14/1 64/76

CI3/W14/1 65/76

CI3/W1 4/1 66/76

CIB/W14/1 67/76

cib/vi 4/1 68/76

CIB/W14/1 69/76

CIB/W14/1 70/76

CIB/W14/1 71/76

CIB/W1 4/1 72/76

(N) jjLOrientational model scale tests on the behaviour of

7^fire exposed, simply supported steel and concrete

composite beams.

(N)«Sr Critical temperature conditions of fire exposed steel

ypNframes. (A theoretical approach)

(UK) Fire resistance - present and future

by H L Malhotra

(UK) Work by the Fire Research Station on the control of

smoke in covered shopping centres

by P L Hinkley

(UK) Some problem aspects of fully developed room fires

by P H Thomas

(UK) Principles of building fire safety (Draft for discussion)

by P H Thomas

(UK) CIB/W14 Report of the Code Advisory Panel International

Structural Codes for Protection Against Fire

by H L Malhotra

(CA) Design of Furnaces for testing fire resistance of

structures

by J J Keough

(CA) The practicality of provisions of Astralian Standard

1668 Part 1 - Fire precautions in buildings with AirHandling Systems

by A W Moulen

(F)j^Cn the fire behaviour of concrete beams

^\by M Adam and a group of French engineers.

(USSR)lnvestigation of the fire resistance of the industrial

shop constructions

by P Labozin and A Yakovlev

(F) Incendies naturels aves des raeubles et du papier

by P Arnault, Ing. - Dr Ing. H EHM - J Kruppa, Ing.

(F) Resistance au feu des Systemes Hypers tatiques en Acier

(Poutres <Sc Portiques)

by P Arnault, Ing - Dr. Ing. H EHM - J. Kruppa, Ing.

22
(cent*)

• ^(cnB/Wl4/iT3/76

CI3/tfl4/l 74/76

CO/tfl 4/1 75/76

CIB/V14/1 76/76

^CIB/wi4/1 77/76

Jj£eiB/wi4/l 78/76

CIB/¥1 4/1 79/76

(P)-^Bappor-t resume sur lee Essaisavec dee Feaux Naturals * executes dans la Petite Installation de Maizieres-les-Metz

by P Arnault, Ing-Dr. Ing E HIM - J Kruppa, lag

(7) Resistance au feu dee Poutres Isoetatiques en aeier

by P Arnault, Ing - Br Ing. H EHM - J Kruppa, Ing

(F) Evolution des Temperatures dans des Poteaux Ezterieure

Soumie a dee Incendies

by P Arnault, Ing - Dr. Ing H EHM - J Kruppa, Ing

(F) Resistance au feu des Poutres Mixtes (isostatiques et hypers tatiques)

by P Arnault, Ing - Dr Ing. H EM - J Kruppa, Ing.

(UKjyfReport IjJ^Report of the Qeeting of CIB commission W14 in Washington

DC, USA 29 March - 2 April 1976

(UKhSpfae assessment of smoke production by Building materials

** in fire. Part 4 - Large scale tests with wall lining

materials.

by P B Watts - revised by Barbara M Goldstone

(UK) Modelling and fire tests

by P H Thomas - July 1976

CIB/WI4/

18G--I /7 6 (P) Theory of equivalences. Application to thermoelasticity.

* by B Afesi and M Borensztein (p 1 3 of the booklet)

and "On the fire behaviour of concrete beams"

by M Adam (p • 1 9 of the booklet)

(Ifee booklet being tenth congress of the international

association for bridge and structural engineering)

m

23
C I B COmSSION VI

4

LIST OP PAPERS CIRCULATED TO DELEGATES

SINCE TEE 1st JANUARY 1977

CIB VI 4/77/1 (USSR)

CIB W1 4/77/2 (J)

CIB VI 4/77/3 (o)

1 06/75 (c) revised

CIB W1 4/77/4

CIB VI 4/77/5 '’• (F)

^

CIB W14/77/6 (c)

CIB W1 4/77/7 (J)

CIB W1 4/77/8 (J)

CIB W1 4/77/9

CIB W14/77/10 <J 4

CIB V14/77/11 (USA)TM

CIB V14/77/12 (USA)

CIB W14/77/13 (USA)

CIB W14/77/14 (USA)

CIB W14/77/15 (USA)

CIB W1 4/77/1 6 (USA)

CIB W14/77/17 (USA)

ANALYSIS OP BUILDING CODES.

3y OPOCHINSKAYA.

Japanese Association of Fire Science and Engineering

Vol 26 No.1 1976

By T Z Harmathy

.

- Structures en beton arms - (Annales IT1TP Octobre 1976 - Serie Beton n° I6l)

par a Coin ^Annales ITBTP nai 1976 - Serie Infomatique

Appliques n° 26)

Fire Resistance versus Flame Spread Resistance

Sy T. Z. Harmathy

Bulletin of JAFSE, Vol. 26 No. 2, 1976

Visibility through Fire Smoke (Allowable Smeke Density

for Escape from Fire) by Tadashisa JIN

"'Numerical Calculation of the Natural Convection in Fire

Fire Technology Abstracts

Vol.1 Nos 1-2 July-October 1976

Studies of Fire Spread in multi-fan

the remedies.

A robust bidirectional low velocity probe for flame and

fire application.

Radiative characteristics of fire fighters coat fabrics

Survey results for fire loads and live loads in office buildings

^Papers selected for discussion at meeting.

24
CIB W14 (cont) 1977

^CIB W14/77/18

^CIB W1 4/77/1

(USA)aUAn investigation of fire environment in the AS7M E 84

tunnel test

(USA Fire performance under full scale test conditions - a state transition model

CIB W14/77/20

CIB VH4/77/21

IB W14/17/22

CIB W14/17/23

(USA) Combustion of mattresses exposed to flaming ignition

sources - part

(USA) Smoldering combustion of cotton and rayon

Smoldering combustion of polyurethane foam

(UK) The Building fire problems (W14)

Reprinted from 'Construction Research International'

Proceedings of the Seventh Triennial CIB Congress.

Edited K Alsop Sept. 1977 by P H Thomas

CIB W14/77/24 (UK) Behaviour of Wood Products in Fire. (Reprint from)

Fire and Safety - H L Malhotra

*

IB W1 4/77/25 Performance of Building Elements in Spreading Fires

by T 2 Harmathy.

'A 25
C IB COMMISSION VI

4

LIST OF PAPERS CIRCULATED TO DELEGATES

SINCE THE 1st JANUARY 1978

CIB W14/78/1

CIB W14/78/2

I

i ^

CIB W14/78/3

"Beatimmung der aquivalenten Branddauer von statisch

bestimmt gelagerten Stahlbetonbalken bei neturlichen

BrHnden"

(S) ANDERBERG , Y - THELANDERSSON , S., Stress and Deformation

Characteristics of Concrete at High Temperatures* 2*

Experimental Investigation and Material Behaviour Model*

Lund 1976, 84p* - Bulletin No . 54

(S)H^“ ANDERBERG, Y., Fire Exposed Hyperstatic Concrete Structures

* An Experimental and Theoretical Study* Lund 1976. l86p. -

Bulletin No . 55

CIB W14/78/4 (S) ANDERBERG, Y., Mechanical Behaviour at Fire of Concrete

and Hyperstatic Concrete Structures. Lund 1976, 9p - Bulletin No. 56 . — Doctor(s thesis, comprising (a) » Bulletin 54 above, (b) Bulletin 35 above.

CIB W14/78/5 (S) FREDLUND, B., - MAGNUSSCN, S.E., - NILSSON, L., - FETTERSSON, 0., -

STRANDBERG, S., THELANDERSSON, S., Skydd mot brandspridning

inom smahusbebyggelse i lattbetong (Safety against Fire Spread

within Dense Areas of One Family Houses in Aerated Concrete).

Manual, Svenska Brandforsvarsforeningen ( Swedish Fire

Protection Association), Stockholm 1 977 » 103p ^' CIB W14/78/6 (S)A^ PEITIESSON, 0., - MAGNUSSON, S.E., Fire Test Methods -

' * Background, Philosophy, Development Trends and Phture Needs,

Nordtest Project 34-75> NORDTEST DOC GEN Oil, Stockholm January 1977

CIB VI 4/78/7 (USA^H^Development of a room fire test

CIB VI 4/78/8 (USA)TrKh assessment of the technical literature on emergency egress ' from buildings

A CIB V14/78/9 (USA) Vocal emergency alarms in hospitals and nursing facilities

practice and potential

CIB W14/78/10(USA) Urban neighborhoods and the fear of fire twwards the

specificate of a measure of the quality of life.

CIB ¥14/78/1 1 (USA) Psychological characteristics of fire Betters

CIB V14/78/l2(USA)^jCrhe determination of behaviour responses exhibited in fire ^

^situations

CIB WI 4/78/I 3(USA) Fire death scenario and fire safety planning

26
CIRCULATION LIST (Page 2) 1978

*

*

CIB WU/7c/i4 (USA) Hazard analysis of fires involving blankets _

by H Tovey and A Vickers

CIB W14/78/15 (USA) The measurement of fabric flammability parameters in

experiments simulating human movement in burn accidents

CIB Wld/76/16 (USA)SfSynthesis of a general apparel flamcability standard

/rby John P. Krasny, Rail Braun and Richard Peacock

CIB W1 4/78/1 7 (USA/^T-iazard characteristics of combustion products in fir as The state of the art review

by Merritt M Birky

CIB V14/78/18 (USA) Philosphy of testing for assessment of toxicological aspects

of fire exposure

by Merritt M. Birky

CIB W14/78/19 (USA^W-Contral of smoke in buildings a review

Al A Benjamin, P Ring and L Roth

CIB W14/78/20 (USA) A new test for automatic fire detection devices

by Richard G. Bright

CIB V14/78/21 (USA) Space heater involvements in fabric fires

by Warren D. Hayes. Jr.

CIB W14/78/22 (USA) Development of the Standards for th© Flammability of

Children's Sleepwear.

by Emil Braun, James H Winger and James A Slater.

CIB ¥14/78/23 (USA /^Reinforced Concrete Frames in Fire Environments.

oy James M Becker, A.M. Asce and Boris Breslar, M Ase®.

CIB W14/78/24 (USA Cultural variations in the bahavior of people in

fire situations

by Dr. John L Bryan.

CIB W14/78/25 (USA) Excess pyrolizate

by P J Pagai and T M Shih

CIB ¥14/78/26 (USA) Thermoplastic pool compartment fires

CIB VI 4/78/27 (USA) Fire endurance of wood-frame and sandwich wall panels

CIB W14/73/28 (USA) Technical Bibliography on factory mutual fire research

1967-1977

CIB V14/78/29 (USA) Far eastern fire protection

CIB W14/78/20 (USA) Measurements of heat release rates on wood products and

an assembly

CIB WI 4/78/3 I (USA) Fire problems group JAPL) bocks proceedings journal

articles and reports

27
CIRCULATION LIST (Page 3) 1978

CIB W 14/78/32 (USA) Relationship of cyanide to deaths caused by fire

^CIB ¥1 4/78/33

^CIB W14/78/34

'js/as'

i^CIB ¥1 4/78/36

CIB W1 4/78/37

^CIB ¥1 4/78/38

^CIB ¥14/78/39

J^CIB ¥14/78/40

CIB ¥14/78/41

CIB ¥14/78/42

CIB ¥14/78/43

CIB ¥14/78/44

CIB ¥14/78/45

NTTTheoretical and experimental analysis of steel ^ Structures at elevated temperatures,

by Witteveen J, Tvilt L, Bylaard F S E.

N^gTThe stability of braced ahd unbraced freimes at " elevated temperatures.

by ¥itteveen J, Tvilt L, Bylaard F S E.

imKJnited Nations Economic Sc Social Council

(UEfworking Party on the Building Industry Ad Hoc meeting

on fire protection regulations, standards and research

Report. HBP/¥P.2/AC.6/2 28 loveaber 1977

(j)' Bulletin of Japanese Association of Tire Science and

Engineering, Vol* 27 Io.2, 1977

(JHpasic Problems in Physical Understanding of Cosipartment

f'Pire, by Tuji HASlSd

(J^JPA Model on Fire Spread in Small Scale Buildings,

TSy Takeyoshi TANAEA

(j ^Statistical Analysis of Fire Spread Process in Houses,

/(Vjy Tasaburo MORISHITA

(j) Main report of the symposium on human behavior in fire*

by T. Saito

(j) Bulletin of Japanese Association of fire science and

engineering, Vol.27, No.1, 1977

(J) Calculation methods for predicting smoke movement in

building fires and designing smoke control systems,

by T. ¥akamatsu. 1

(UE) Guide to design of cavity barriers and fire stops*

by F Spiegelhalter

(UE) Fire losses and the effect of sprinkler protection of

buildings in a variety of industries and trades,

by F I Rogers

' ^KIB ¥14/78/46 (UE«& cost-benefit analysis applied to foamed plastics

® ' /bailings.

by I C Appleton

28
CIRCULATION LIST (Page 4) 1978

•r CIB W14/78/47 (UK)^Fires in dwellings - an investigation of actual

fires. Part 1 Hazards due to ceiling and roof

construction.

by A Sileock, N P Savage and D Robinson.

CIB W14/78/48 (UK) Plastics in buildings - fire problems and control,

by B P W Rogoeski

* CIB W14/78/49 (UK)^Smoke hazards in covered multi-level shopping malls

some studies using a model 2-storey mall.

by H P Morgan, N R Marshall and Mrs B M Golds tone.

CIB W14/78/50 (UK) Fires in residential personal social services

buildings,

by S E Chandler

CIB W14/78/51 (UK) Some trends in furniture fires in domestic premises,

by S E Chandler

* CIB W14/78/52 (UK)^Fire behaviour of foamed plastics ceilings used in

dwellings

by w a Morris and J ^

Hopkins on

CIB W14/78/53 (UK) Collected summaries of fire research notes and

BRE/FRS current papers - 1976

by L C Fowler

CIB W14/78/54 (UK) Collected summaries of fire research notes and

current papers (FRS) 1975

by L C Fowler

CIB W14/78/55 (UK) Collected summaries of fire research notes 1974

by L C Fowler

CIB WI4 /78/56 (UK) Collected summaries of fire research notes 1973

by L C Bbwler

CIB W14/78/57 (USA)j^*ire safety systems analysis for residential

occupancies - Vol 1

CIB WI4/78/58 (USA) Fire safety systems analysis for residential occupancies

Vol 2

CIB W1 4/78/59 (USAbUjsPire fatalities a detailed appraisal

by W G Berl and B M Halpin

CIB W14/78/60 (USA) Cable tray fires - fire spread from a burning

horizontal tray to other trays directly above.

CIB W1 4/78/61 (USA) Assessment of the potential impact of firs protection

systems on actual fire incidents.

CIB W14/78/62 (USA) Fire in the United States (Synopsis)

29
CIRCULATION LIST (Page 5) 1978

CIS WI4/78/63 (USA) Determeninants of international differences in

reported fire loss (Summary)

CIB WI4/78/64 (USA) Sector mutual research technical Bibliography

CIB WI4/78/65 (USA) Fire education programs in South East Asia

(Sample)

CIB W1 4/78/66 (USA)

CIB V14/78/67 (C)

CIB W1 4/78/68 (C)

CIB W1 4/78/69 (C) Structural Steel and Fire - More realistic analysis, ^ r

AISC Journal, 35 (1976)

by T.T. Lie and ¥.¥. Stanzak.

CIB W14/78/70 (C) Temperature distributions in Fire-Erposed building

columns, J. Heat Transfer, 99C , 113 (1977)

by T.T. Lie

#- CIB ¥14/78/71 (C) ^-Building Design and the fire hazard,

Construction specifier, June 1977> p* 21.

T.Z. Harmathy*

CIB ¥14/78/72 A method for assessing the fire resistance of

laminated timber beams and columns. Can. J.

Civil Ehgng., ± 161 (1977).

CIB ¥14/78/73 (C)

ftrt DcaH,* /* O.S. #eut€u> of ft* t>a+o. Source* a»J of

Evaluating toxicity of decomposition products

from analytical data, Proc. 1976 Intntl. Symp.

Flammability and Fire Retardants, p.241

by K Sumi and Y Tsuchiya

Determination of hydrogen cyanide in fire gasea,

J. Combustion toxicology, 363 (1976)

by Y. Tsuchiya and K. Sumi

CIB ¥14/78/74 (C)

CIB ¥14/78/75 (UK) Report of the Code Advisory Panel (CAP/¥14)

by Mr H L Malhotra

CIB ¥14/78/76/(D) hj^Informationsdienst Holz

by Prof Dr-Ing.K Kordina and Dr. Ing C.Meyer-Ottens

CIB ¥14/73/77 (UK) A combined overall and surface energy balance for

fully-developed ventilation-controlled liquid fuel

fires in compartments

by M L Bullen

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CIHCULATICN LIS? (page o) 1?78

* CIB ¥14/78/78 (UK)^Revi9 ed - CIB/V14 Report of the Code Advisory Panel

International Structural Codes for Protection against

. fire by Mr H L Malhotra.

# CIB ¥14/78/79 (S)^ Research and Development with application to Fire

Protection of Steel Structures.

By Jorgen Thorn

31

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1. PUBLICATION OR REPORT NO. NBSIR 78-1529

2. Gov't Accession

No.

3. Recipient's Accession No.

4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE

BI-ANNUAL MEETING OF CIB COMMISSION W-14 (FIRE)

MAY 2 9-JUNE 2, 1978

5. Publication Date November 1978

6. Performing Organization Code

7. AUTHOR(S)

D. Gross and A, F. Robertson

8. Performing Organ. Report No.

9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20234

10. Project/Task/Work Unit No. 7500900

11. Contract/Grant No.

12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Complete Address (Street, City, State, ZIP)

Same as No. 9

13. Type of Report & Period Covered

Final Report

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

15.

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

16.

ABSTRACT (A 200-word or less (actual summary of most significant information. If document includes a significant

bibliography or literature survey, mention it here.) A summary is presented of the discussions which took place during the

13th Meeting of CIB Commission W-14 on Fire in Lyngby, Denmark. A total of

57 delegates from 16 countries discussed the building fire safety question

in terms of codes, fire incidence statistics, fire engineering education,

structural fire protection, full scale experiments, fire growth and smoke

movement. A list of papers circulated to delegates during the last two years

is included as reference.

17.

KEY WORDS (six to twelve entries ; alphabetical order; capitalize only the first letter of the first key word unless a proper name; separated by semicolons) r>-rn . . . . , _ . ,, , . , CIB; buildings; codes; Commission W-14; education;

fire endurance; fire safety; fire tests; smoke movement; statistics.

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