Performance of Composite Construction Products in Reaction-to-Fire Tests

摘要

A glass-fiber reinforced plastic panel construction product was tested at SwRI in the ASTM E 84 Steiner tunnel, the ISO 9705 room and the EN 13823 single burning item (SBI) test apparatus. Most of the tests were conducted in duplicate or triplicate to assess the repeatability of the measurements. The same product was also tested in the Cone Calorimeter (ASTM E 1354 and ISO 5660) at different heat flux levels to obtain ignition, heat release and smoke production properties. This paper summarizes the results from the tests and compares the corresponding reaction-to-fire classification in the United States, Australia, Europe and Japan. In addition to the data acquired in the SwRI project, additional available literature data are provided for similar materials (fiber reinforced plastic panels) to illustrate the range of product performance in a given standard fire test.