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## Abstract Compression mechanical properties of wood at temperatures simulating fire conditions have been obtained for use in structural response models to aid the design of light‐timber framed walls as fire barriers in accordance with recent performance‐based fire codes. The properties that have been measured are elastic modulus and strength. The properties were obtained from samples that had a number of similarities to studs in walls. The effects of knots, however, have been excluded from this study. The elastic modulus greatly reduces as temperatures approach the vaporization point of moisture. The properties were significantly lower compared with properties given in the literature. Input of the measured properties into a structural fire model for walls led to good comparisons with results of experiments on walls with low load ratios (that is, the ratio of the applied load to the collapse load capacity at ambient conditions). Such walls are typically used in building construction. However, the elastic moduli presented in this paper and in other literature do not lead to good model predictions for slender walls with high load ratios. Further research into creep is required. Copy

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Author

S. A. Young; P. Clancy

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0308-0501)

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)