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Determination of Failure Criteria for Suspended Ceiling Tile Systems and Thermal Resistance Provided Prior to Failure

dc.contributor.authorBlanchard, Aidan
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Applied Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Process Engineering and Applied Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinern/aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDr. Suzanne Budgeen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerChristian Oickleen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Jan Haelssigen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Michael Peggen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-25T14:45:50Z
dc.date.available2022-04-25T14:45:50Z
dc.date.defence2022-04-11
dc.date.issued2022-04-25T14:45:50Z
dc.description.abstractThe use of suspended ceiling tile systems has become popular in modern construction; however, fire performance data for these systems has not followed this trend. There currently is a lack of credible fire performance test data for non-rated ceiling tile systems (NCTS). This study seeks to explore failure criteria for NCTS, and thermal resistance provided prior to failure. As part of this research, a testing apparatus was constructed to evaluate the performance of the NCTS with respect to the fire location, distance between the NCTS and a fire, and tile arrangements within the NCTS. Testing results were then compared against numerical model predictions of the observed temperatures. The results demonstrated that the NCTS provides a measurable level of thermal resistance during a fire and maintains its integrity for several minutes. Furthermore, it was shown that testing results can be generally represented using the numerical model.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/81600
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectHeat Transfer to Ceilingsen_US
dc.subjectCeilingsen_US
dc.subjectFailure of Ceiling Tilesen_US
dc.subjectSuspended ceilingsen_US
dc.subjectFire Performance Testingen_US
dc.titleDetermination of Failure Criteria for Suspended Ceiling Tile Systems and Thermal Resistance Provided Prior to Failureen_US

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