Location:
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Overview of past projects
This page contains a list of selected completed projects and initiatives from all over the world. The projects are presented along with their project partners and main objectives.
Application of combustible insulation materials in buildings
Duration of construction:
mm.yyyy – mm.yyyy
Project partners:
Chair of Timber Structures (ETHZ), supported by industry
Website:
The use of combustible insulation materials in buildings is limited due to fire regulations. The aim of the project is to enlarge the experimental background on the fire behavior of combustible insulation materials and to provide design rules for an extended use in buildings.
Fire behavior of timber connections
Location:
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Duration of construction:
mm.yyyy – mm.yyyy
Project partners:
Chair of Timber Structures (ETHZ)
Website:
The objective of the project is the development of advanced and simplified calculation models for the fire design of timber connections.
Compartment fire test
Location:
Estonia
Test date:
01.11.2017
Project partners:
RISE, TalTech, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, Estonian Real Estate Development, ArcWood, Swedish Wood, TU Munich, Paroc, Gyproc, Genoke, Tenmat, RaitWood
Further information:
A 2-storey CLT house was designed and built to resist a compartment fire until full burnout. 47% of the surface was exposed timber. The test house was equipped with thermocouples, heat flux meters, pressure measurement devices and mass measurements. The prediction model for burnout did not fully work. First fire exposed lamella (40 mm) of the CLT delaminated 1h 50min after the start of the fire and the second flash-over occurred. Test house was extinguished 2h 15min after the start of the fire.