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2. Capabilities and objectives

THE G+2 STORY STEEL FRAME STRUCTURE BUILT UP AT IIT fire stop fire stop

GANDHINAGAR AS A JOINT VENTURE OF deck slab façade deck slab façade

UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES AND IIT GANDHINAGAR

can be used for full scale testing of façade assemblies under fire.
This test facility is capable to serve the following objectives:

3 fire
spreads to
next floor
To assess fire 3 fire
To study glass behavior with spreads to
break behavior in To study fire stop ACP/MDF (or other next floor
real fire scenario material in real materials) being used 1 Fire starts
fire scenario 1 Fire starts
with glass
2 fire stop

To assess impact of 2 glass breaks material fails
fire spread on To assess out of
structural plane behavior of
components masonry walls
(beams, columns) (a) External (b) Internal

To assess To study fire
To assess smoke performance of fire spread behavior in
obscuration proofing & buildings with façade FIGURE 2: MECHANISMS OF FIRE SPREAD IN FAÇADE SYSTEMS
levels structural fire (internal/external fire
protection material spread mechanism)