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- Title
Analyse der zulässigen Brandausbreitung über die Fassade.
- Authors
Engel, Thomas; Werther, Norman
- Abstract
Analysis of the acceptable fire spread at the façade In addition to the fundamental requirements of the German Building Code, there are several mostly contradictory concretizations of the fire safety objective "limitation of fire spread at the facade". There is currently no universal definition. However, this definition would be an important basis, in particular for the consideration of facades and exterior wall cladding made of combustible building materials. The following article describes the principles to evaluate fire‐safe facades currently available in Germany. These comprises, facade fire‐test methods, backgrounds about the test methods, specifications from building regulations guidelines and interpretations of the building authorities. Furthermore, the specifications of neighboring European countries, which already have defined a specific fire safety objective for facades, are presented. As a result, the article presents a proposal for assessment criteria for fire‐safe facades.
- Subjects
GERMANY; EXTERIOR walls; CONSTRUCTION materials; FLAMMABLE materials; FIRE prevention; FACADES
- Publication
Bautechnik, 2020, Vol 97, Issue 8, p558
- ISSN
0932-8351
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bate.202000007