ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 834-6 First edition 2000-07-15 Fire-resistance tests Elements of building construction - Part 6: Specific requirements for beams Essais de résistance aufeu-Elements deconstruction- Partie 6:Exigences spécifiques relatives auxpoutres Reference number ISO 834-6:2000(E) ISO @ ISO 2000 ISO 834-6:2000(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by ISO member bodies. In the unlikely event ISO2000 in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.ch Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland ii isO2000-Allrightsreserved ISO 834-6:2000(E) Contents Page Foreword IV Introduction Scope 2 Normative references. 3 Terms and definitions 4 Symbols and abbreviated terms. 5 Test equipment .. 6 Test conditions .... 6.1 General.... 6.2 Restraint and boundary conditions 6.3 Loading...... 7 Test specimen preparation 7.1 Specimen design 7.2 Specimen size... 7.3 Number of test specimens. 7.4 Specimen conditioning ... 7.5 Specimen installation and restraint. 8 Application of instrumentation. 8.1 Furnacethermocouples(platethermometer) 8.2 Specimenthermocouples 8.3 Deformationmeasurement 9 Test procedure.. 9.1 Load application .. 9.2 Furnace control. 9.3 Measurements and observations.... 10 Performance criteria. 11 Validity of the test... 12 Expressionof results 13 Test report. Annex A (informative) General guidance on the test method Annex B (informative) Direct application of results Bibliography. 12 @ ISO 2000 - All rights reserved ili