Fire-Resistance Testing Procedures for Construction Elements—A Review

Fire accidents are a significant risk to human life and civil infrastructure. As countermeasure, the regulatory bodies of different countries have established standards for evaluating performance construction elements during fire exposure. ISO 834 is globally accepted fire-resistance testing standard. Other include ASTM E119, BS 476, IS 3809, JIS A 1304, AS 1503, EN 1363, GB/T 9978, which utilized by US, Britain, India, Japan, Australia, Europe, China, respectively. This article presents summary comparison standards. In reality, standard tests isolated structural members may not efficiently portray realistic scenarios due location, its intensity, etc. Thus, researchers variety specialized setups full-scale non-standard fulfill their research objectives. The includes selected full-scale, ad hoc, that were reported in literature. highlights need timely updates accommodate newly developed materials, systems, possible regional scenarios. also identifies areas require focus experimental fire-resistant testing.