Fire behaviour of non-load bearing double stud cold-formed steel frame walls

• Autor(a) principal: Alves, Matheus Henrique
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Piloto, P.A.G., Aiko Kimura, Erica F., Constantini, Giada, Ianni, Alessandro, Meda, Alberto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/27519
• topic: Fire resistance; Double stud LSF walls; Experimental tests; Ceramic fibre

This work investigates the behaviour of Double stud Light Steel Frame (LSF) walls under ISO834 standard fire through a series of experimental tests. The walls were covered on both sides with one or two fire-resistant gypsum plasterboards (Type F), and the cavity of the steel frame was either empty, partially or fully insulated with ceramic fibre. The fire resistance of the assemblies is improved due to the existence of a wider cavity, the employment of additional gypsum plasterboard layers and the use of ceramic fibre cavity insulation. In partially insulated assemblies, significantly higher fire resistance is achieved when the ceramic fibre is placed towards the fire-exposed gypsum plasterboard. Moreover, the number of studs in contact with the unexposed gypsum plasterboard affects the fire resistance of the specimens. The experimental data acquired is useful to conduct further numerical analyses and experimental studies, as well as to understand the unique thermal behaviour of different configurations of double stud LSF walls at elevated temperatures.