Fire resistance tests - Part 1: General requirements

This document establishes the general principles for determining the fire resistance of various elements of construction when subjected to standard fire exposure conditions. Alternative and additional procedures to meet special requirements are given in EN 1363-2.
The principle that has been embodied within all European Standards relating to fire resistance testing is that where aspects and procedures of testing are common to all specific test methods e.g. the temperature/time curve, then they are specified in this test method. Where a general principle is common to many specific test methods but the details vary according to the element being tested (e.g. the measurement of unexposed face temperature), then the principle is given in this document, but the details are given in the specific test method. Where certain aspects of testing are unique to a particular specific test method (e.g. the air leakage test for fire dampers), then no details are included in this document.
The test results obtained might be directly applicable to other similar elements, or variations of the element tested. The extent to which this application is permitted depends upon the field of direct application of the test result. This is restricted by the provision of rules which limit the variation from the tested specimen without further evaluation. The rules for determining the permitted variations are given in each specific test method.
Variations outside those permitted by direct application are covered under extended application of test results. This results from an in-depth review of the design and performance of a particular product in test(s) by a recognised authority. Further consideration on direct and extended application is given in Annex A.
The duration for which the tested element, as modified by its direct or extended field of application, satisfies specific criteria will permit subsequent classification.
All values given in this document are nominal unless otherwise specified.

Feuerwiderstandsprüfungen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen

Dieses Dokument stellt allgemeine Grundsätze für die Bestimmung der Feuerwiderstandsdauer von verschiedenartigen Bauteilen auf, die unter genormten Bedingungen dem Feuer ausgesetzt werden. Alternative und ergänzende Verfahren zur Erfüllung besonderer Anforderungen sind in EN 1363-2 angegeben.
Alle Europäischen Normen zur Feuerwiderstandsprüfung folgen dem Prinzip, dass Aspekte und Durch-führungen, die für alle spezifischen Prüfverfahren gemeinsam gelten, z. B. die Temperaturzeitkurve, in diesem Prüfverfahren festgelegt sind. Gilt für viele spezifische Prüfverfahren ein gemeinsames Prinzip während jedoch die Details in Abhängigkeit vom zu prüfenden Bauteil variieren, (z. B. die Messung der Temperatur auf der unbeflammten Seite), dann ist dieses Prinzip in der vorliegenden Norm enthalten, die Details sind jedoch im spezifischen Prüfverfahren angegeben. Sind bei einem bestimmten spezifischen Prüfverfahren bestimmte Aspekte der Prüfung für dieses Prüfverfahren einmalig (z. B. die Prüfung der Leckrate bei Brandschutzklappen), dann sind im vorliegenden Dokument keine Details enthalten.
Die erzielten Prüfergebnisse dürfen direkt auf andere ähnliche Bauteile oder Varianten des geprüften Bauteils angewandt werden. Der Umfang, in dem die Übertragung dieser Ergebnisse zulässig ist, hängt vom direkten Anwendungsbereich des Prüfergebnisses ab. Diese Vorgehensweise wird durch die Bereitstellung von Regeln, die die Abweichungen vom geprüften Probekörper ohne weitere Beurteilung begrenzen, eingeschränkt. Die Regeln zur Bestimmung zulässiger Abweichungen sind zu jedem spezifischen Prüf-verfahren angegeben.
Abweichungen, die nicht innerhalb des direkten Anwendungsbereiches zugelassen sind, werden im "Erweiterten Anwendungsbereich von Prüfergebnissen" behandelt. Dies ergibt sich aus einer eingehenden Überprüfung der Ausführung und des Leistungsverhaltens eines besonderen Produkts bei Prüfung(en) durch eine anerkannte Stelle. Weitere Betrachtungen zum direkten und erweiterten Anwendungsbereich sind in Anhang A angegeben.
Die Zeitdauer, innerhalb der das geprüfte Bauteil die entsprechenden Kriterien erfüllt, erlaubt die anschließende Klassifizierung dieses Bauteils, einschließlich der durch den direkten oder erweiterten Anwendungsbereich möglichen Modifizierungen.
Falls nichts anderes festgelegt ist, sind sämtliche in diesem Dokument angegebenen Werte Nennwerte.

Essais de résistance au feu - Partie 1 : Exigences générales

La présente Norme européenne établit les principes généraux pour la détermination de la résistance au feu de divers éléments de construction lorsqu'ils sont soumis à des conditions normalisées d'exposition au feu. Des variantes et des modes opératoires supplémentaires pour répondre à des prescriptions spéciales sont donnés dans la norme EN 1363-2.
Le principe qui a été retenu dans toutes les Normes européennes se rapportant aux essais de résistance au feu est que, dans tous les cas où les caractéristiques et les modes opératoires des essais sont communs à toutes les méthodes d'essais spécifiques (la courbe de température en fonction du temps par exemple), ils sont alors prescrits dans la présente méthode d'essai. Dans le cas où un principe général est commun à de nombreuses méthodes d'essai spécifiques mais varie dans le détail en fonction de l'élément soumis aux essais (par exemple le mesurage de la température sur la face non exposée), le principe est alors donné dans le présent document mais les détails sont indiqués dans la méthode d'essai spécifique. Dans le cas où certains aspects des essais intéressent exclusivement une méthode d'essai spécifique particulière (essai de fuite d'air pour les clapets coupe-feu par exemple), aucun détail ne figure alors dans le présent document.
Il est permis d'appliquer directement les résultats obtenus lors des essais à d'autres éléments similaires ou à des variantes de l'élément soumis aux essais. La mesure dans laquelle cela est admis dépend du domaine d'application directe des résultats de l'essai. Ce point est limité à la définition de règles fixant la variation par rapport à l'élément d'essai soumise aux essais sans autre évaluation. Les règles à suivre pour déterminer les variations admises sont données dans chaque méthode d'essai spécifique.
Les variations en dehors de celles admises par l'application directe sont couvertes dans le cadre d'une application étendue des résultats d'essai. Celle-ci résulte d'un examen approfondi, par une autorité reconnue, de la conception d'un produit particulier et de son comportement au cours d'un ou plusieurs essais. Dans l'Annexe A sont indiquées d'autres considérations sur les applications directes et étendues.
La durée pendant laquelle l'élément soumis aux essais, modifié par son domaine d'application directe ou étendue, satisfait les critères spécifiques, permettra sa classification.
Sauf indication contraire, toutes les valeurs données dans la présente norme sont des valeurs nominales.

Preskusi požarne odpornosti - 1. del: Splošne zahteve

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12-Mar-2020
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03-May-2020
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 1363-1:2020
01-april-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 1363-1:2012
Preskusi požarne odpornosti - 1. del: Splošne zahteve
Fire resistance tests - Part 1: General requirements
Feuerwiderstandsprüfungen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen
Essais de résistance au feu - Partie 1 : Exigences générales
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 1363-1:2020
ICS:
13.220.50 Požarna odpornost Fire-resistance of building
gradbenih materialov in materials and elements
elementov
SIST EN 1363-1:2020 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EN 1363-1
EUROPEAN STANDARD

NORME EUROPÉENNE

February 2020
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.220.40; 13.220.50 Supersedes EN 1363-1:2012
English Version

Fire resistance tests - Part 1: General requirements
Essais de résistance au feu - Partie 1 : Exigences Feuerwiderstandsprüfungen - Teil 1: Allgemeine
générales Anforderungen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 4 November 2019.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.





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© 2020 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 1363-1:2020 E
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Contents Page
European foreword . 6
Introduction . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and designations . 8
3.1 Terms and definitions . 8
3.2 Symbols and designations .11
4 Test equipment .11
4.1 General .11
4.2 Furnace .12
4.3 Loading equipment .12
4.4 Test frames .12
4.5 Instrumentation .13
4.5.1 Temperature .13
4.5.2 Pressure .14
4.5.3 Load .14
4.5.4 Deflection .14
4.5.5 Integrity .14
4.6 Precision of measuring equipment .15
5 Test conditions .15
5.1 Furnace temperature .15
5.1.1 Heating curve .15
5.1.2 Tolerances .15
5.2 Furnace pressure .16
5.2.1 General .16
5.2.2 Establishing the neutral pressure plane .17
5.3 Furnace atmosphere .17
5.4 Loading.17
5.5 Restraint/boundary conditions .17
5.6 Ambient temperature conditions .18
5.7 Deviation from required test conditions .18
6 Test specimen(s) .18
6.1 Size .18
6.2 Number .18
6.2.1 Separating elements.18
6.2.2 Non-separating elements .18
6.3 Design .18
6.4 Construction .19
6.5 Verification .19
7 Installation of test specimen .19
7.1 General .19
7.2 Supporting constructions .19
7.2.1 General .19
7.2.2 Standard supporting constructions .19
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7.2.3 Non-standard supporting constructions . 22
8 Conditioning . 22
8.1 Test specimen . 22
8.2 Supporting constructions . 22
9 Application of instrumentation . 23
9.1 Thermocouples . 23
9.1.1 Furnace thermocouples (plate thermometers) . 23
9.1.2 Unexposed surface thermocouples . 23
9.1.3 Internal thermocouples . 24
9.2 Pressure . 24
9.2.1 General . 24
9.2.2 Furnaces for vertical elements . 24
9.2.3 Furnaces for horizontal elements. 24
9.3 Deflection . 25
10 Test procedure . 25
10.1 Restraint application . 25
10.2 Load application . 25
10.3 Commencement of test . 25
10.4 Measurements and observations . 25
10.4.1 General . 25
10.4.2 Temperatures . 26
10.4.3 Furnace pressure . 26
10.4.4 Deflection . 26
10.4.5 Integrity . 26
10.4.6 Load and restraints . 27
10.4.7 General behaviour . 27
10.5 Termination of test . 28
11 Performance criteria . 28
11.1 Loadbearing capacity . 28
11.2 Integrity . 29
11.3 Insulation . 29
11.4 Consequential effects of failing certain performance criteria . 29
11.4.1 Insulation and integrity versus loadbearing capacity . 29
11.4.2 Insulation versus integrity . 29
12 Test report . 30
12.1 Test report . 30
12.2 Expression of test results in the test report . 32
Annex A (informative) Field of application of test results . 41
A.1 General . 41
A.2 Field of direct application. 41
A.3 Extended application. 41
Annex B (informative) The role of supporting constructions . 42
B.1 General . 42
B.2 Standard supporting constructions . 42
B.3 Non-standard supporting constructions . 42
Annex C (informative) General information on thermocouples . 44
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C.1 Furnace thermocouples (plate thermometers) .44
C.1.1 Maintenance .44
C.1.2 Positioning .44
C.2 Internal thermocouples .44
C.2.1 General .44
C.2.2 Specification .44
C.2.3 Fixing methods and positioning .44
C.3 Unexposed face thermocouples .45
C.3.1 General .45
C.3.2 Positioning .45
C.3.2.1 Flat surfaces .45
C.3.2.2 Irregular surfaces .45
C.3.2.3 Small features .46
C.3.3 Fixing to specific materials .46
C.3.3.1 General .46
C.3.3.2 Steel .46
C.3.3.3 Mineral wool .46
C.3.3.4 Mineral fibre spray .46
C.3.3.5 Vermiculite/cement type spray .46
C.3.3.6 Boards of fibrous or mineral aggregate composition .46
C.3.3.7 Timber .46
C.3.3.8 Surfaces with applied finishes .47
Annex D (informative) Guidance on the basis for selection of the test load .48
D.1 General .48
D.2 Options for selecting the test load .48
Annex E (informative) Boundary and support conditions .49
Annex F (informative) Guidance on conditioning .50
F.1 General .50
F.2 Guidance on procedures for conditioning .50
F.3 Guidance on measurement techniques .51
F.3.1 Direct reading moisture meter .51
F.3.2 Oven drying techniques .51
Annex G (informative) Guidance on deflection measurements of vertical separating elements
using a fixed datum .52
G.1 General .52
G.2 Apparatus .52
G.3 Procedure.52
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Bibliography . 54

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European foreword
This document (EN 1363-1:2020) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 127 “Fire safety
in buildings”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2020, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by August 2020.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 1363-1:2012.
The main change compared to EN 1363-1:2012 is:
a) a redefinition for the load bearing capacity criterion.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association.
This European standard is technically related to ISO 834-1 prepared by ISO/TC92/SC2 “Fire resistance
tests”.
EN 1363, Fire resistance tests, consists of the following parts:
— Part 1: General requirements (this European standard);
— Part 2: Alternative and additional procedures;
— Part 3: Verification of furnace performance (published as an ENV).
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United
Kingdom.

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Introduction
The objective of determining fire resistance is to assess the behaviour of a specimen of an element of
building construction when subjected to defined heating and pressure conditions. The method provides
a means of quantifying the ability of an element to withstand exposure to high temperatures. It does so
by setting criteria against which the loadbearing capacity, the fire containment (integrity) and the
thermal transmittance (insulation) functions amongst other characteristics can be evaluated.
A representative sample of the element is exposed to a specified regime of heating and the performance
of the test specimen is monitored on the basis of criteria described in the standard. Fire resistance of the
test element is expressed as the time for which the appropriate criteria have been satisfied. The times so
obtained are a measure of the adequacy of the construction in a fire; but they have no direct relationship
with the duration time of a real fire.
Caution
The attention of all persons concerned with managing and carrying out fire resistance testing is drawn to
the fact that fire testing might be hazardous and that there is a possibility that toxic and/or harmful smoke
and gases will be emitted during the test. Mechanical and operational hazards might also arise during the
construction of the test elements or structures, their testing and disposal of test residues.
An assessment of all potential hazards and risks to health needs to be made and safety precautions need
to be identified and provided. Written safety instructions will be issued. Appropriate training will be
given to relevant personnel. Laboratory personnel will ensure that they follow written safety instructions
at all times.
Uncertainty of measurement of fire resistance
There are many factors which can affect the result of a fire resistance test. Those concerned with the
variability of the specimen including its materials, manufacture and installation are not related to the
uncertainty of measurement. Of the remainder, some, such as the different thermal dose provided by
different furnaces, are much more significant than others such as the accuracy of calibration of the data
logging system.
Because of the very labour intensive nature of the test, many of the factors that have a bearing on the
result are operator-dependent. The training, experience and attitude of the operator is thus crucial to
eliminate such variables which can significantly affect the degree of uncertainty of measurement.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to numerically quantify these factors and therefore any attempt to
determine uncertainty of measurement that does not take into account operator-dependent variables is
of limited value.
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1 Scope
This document establishes the general principles for determining the fire resistance of various elements
of construction when subjected to standard fire exposure conditions. Alternative and additional
procedures to meet special requirements are given in EN 1363-2.
The principle that has been embodied within all European standards relating to fire resistance testing is
that where aspects and procedures of testing are common to all specific test methods e.g. the
temperature/time curve, then they are specified in this test method. Where a general principle is common
to many specific test methods but the details vary according to the element being tested (e.g. the
measurement of unexposed face temperature), then the principle is given in this document, but the
details are given in the specific test method. Where certain aspects of testing are unique to a particular
specific test method (e.g. the air leakage test for fire dampers), then no details are included in this
document.
The test results obtained might be directly applicable to other similar elements, or variations of the
element tested. The extent to which this application is permitted depends upon the field of direct
application of the test result. This is restricted by the provision of rules which limit the variation from the
tested specimen without further evaluation. The rules for determining the permitted variations are given
in each specific test method.
Variations outside those permitted by direct application are covered under extended application of test
results. This results from an in-depth review of the design and performance of a particular product in
test(s) by a recognized authority. Further consideration on direct and extended application is given in
Annex A.
The duration for which the tested element, as modified by its direct or extended field of application,
satisfies specific criteria will permit subsequent classification.
All values given in this document are nominal unless otherwise specified.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 520, Gypsum plasterboards — Definitions, requirements and test methods
EN 1363-2, Fire resistance tests — Part 2: Alternative and additional procedures
EN 13501-1, Fire classification of construction products and building elements — Part 1: Classification
using data from reaction
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