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 Engineering Laboratory /                  Fire Research Division
      National Fire Research Laboratory

    
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        Fire Calorimetry Database (FCD)Influence of Fire on the Lateral Resistance of Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls

            Research Overview
                                A furnished kitchen compartment fire was studied to provide a comparison with the design fire scenarios. The compartment (3.6 m long by 2.8 m wide by 2.8 m high) was constructed using cold-formed steel framing lined with two layers of 16 mm thick gypsum board and had an opening 1.6 m wide by 2.0 m high. The fire was started by ignition of a pan of oil left unattended on a stove.


                  Hoehler, M. et al., Influence of Fire on the Lateral Resistance of Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls â Phase 2: Oriented Strand Board, Strap Braced, and Gypsum-Sheet Steel Composite, Technical Note (NIST TN) 2038, 2019
  https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2038
                                        Andes, B. et al., Fire resistance of Cold-Formed steel framed shear walls under various fire scenarios, Fire and Materials, 2019
  https://doi.org/10.1002/fam.2744
  

      

      Experiment Name
                            Plot of Heat Release Rate
                                                  Ignition Photo
                                                  Date/Time
                                                  SpecimenSort descending
                                                  Fuel Type
                            Test Duration (min)
                            Total Heat Released (MJ)
                            Peak HRR (kW)S01_ISOburn1
                            Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
                                                                                        Ignition
                                                                                        04/12/2018 11:06:34 AM EDT
                                                                                        Box Burner with Target Wall
                                                                                        Natural Gas
                            31.17
                            1,852
                            1,508SB02-ISOburn3
                            Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
                                                                                        Ignition
                                                                                        04/16/2018 11:47:14 AM EDT
                                                                                        Box Burner with Target Wall
                                                                                        Natural Gas
                            31.38
                            2,001
                            1,422SB03b_MildFire
                            Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
                                                                                        Ignition
                                                                                        04/18/2018 6:41:11 AM EDT
                                                                                        Box Burner with Target Wall
                                                                                        Natural Gas
                            15.37
                            1,395
                            1,792SB04b_ISOFire
                            Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
                                                                                        Ignition
                                                                                        04/19/2018 6:26:08 AM EDT
                                                                                        Box Burner with Target Wall
                                                                                        Natural Gas
                            61.00
                            4,167
                            1,402OSB03b_MildFire
                            Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
                                                                                        Ignition
                                                                                        04/23/2018 10:15:22 AM EDT
                                                                                        Box Burner with Target Wall
                                                                                        Natural Gas
                            15.52
                            1,448
                            1,852OSB04b_ISOFire
                            Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
                                                                                        Ignition
                                                                                        04/25/2018 5:21:23 AM EDT
                                                                                        Box Burner with Target Wall
                                                                                        Natural Gas
                            66.32
                            4,803
                            2,156OSB05b_MildFire
                            Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
                                                                                        Ignition
                                                                                        05/01/2018 7:04:12 AM EDT
                                                                                        Box Burner with Target Wall
                                                                                        Natural Gas
                            16.28
                            1,430
                            1,793S03b_MildFire
                            Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
                                                                                        Ignition
                                                                                        05/07/2018 10:46:35 AM EDT
                                                                                        Box Burner with Target Wall
                                                                                        Natural Gas
                            16.18
                            1,439
                            1,822S05b_MildFire
                            Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
                                                                                        Ignition
                                                                                        05/08/2018 9:51:22 AM EDT
                                                                                        Box Burner with Target Wall
                                                                                        Natural Gas
                            15.60
                            1,442
                            1,865S06b_MildFire
                            Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
                                                                                        Ignition
                                                                                        05/09/2018 7:49:22 AM EDT
                                                                                        Box Burner with Target Wall
                                                                                        Natural Gas
                            15.75
                            1,452
                            1,879Kitchen Room Fire
                            Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
                                                                                        Ignition
                                                                                        07/17/2018 9:05:48 AM EDT
                                                                                        kitchen room with OSB back wall
                                                                                        Cellulose, Plastic
                            83.08
                            6,813
                            7,585

      Bryant, R. and Bundy, M. The NIST 20 MW Calorimetry Measurement System for Large-Fire Research, Technical Note (NIST TN) 2077, 2019https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2077
        NIST Fire Calorimetry Database (FCD)https://doi.org/10.18434/mds2-2314

      Last Updated May 25, 2021
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