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Recommendation of RILEM TC 256-SPF on fire spalling assessment during standardised fire resistance tests: complementary guidance and requirements

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The recommendation is based on the co-authors’ work organized by the RILEM TC 256-SPF “Spalling of concrete due to fire: testing and modelling”. It aims to provide useful information, guidance and best practices in fire spalling assessment to laboratories that perform large-scale tests based on fire resistance test standards. It provides guidance on the spalling observation techniques during testing, as well as post-test spalling quantification/assessment methods. This document is intended to be used in conjunction with the fire resistance test standards, e.g. EN 1363-1 and ISO 834-1.

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All the authors are extremely grateful to Katarzyna Mróz from Cracow University of Technology and Colin Davie from Newcastle University for their very important and efficient involvement in the formatting and review of the document.

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  1. Departement Securite, CSTB, Structures et Feu 84, Avenue Jean Jaures, 77447, Marne la Vallee Cedex 02, France

    Pierre Pimienta

  2. RISE, Borås, Sweden

    Robert McNamee & Lars Boström

  3. Lund University, Ideon, Beta 5, Scheelevägen 17, 22370, Lund, Sweden

    Robert McNamee

  4. Fire Testing Centre, CERIB, 1 Rue Des Longs Réages, CS 10010 – 28233, Épernon Cedex, France

    Fabienne Robert

  5. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Shan-Shan Huang

  6. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155, Cracow, Poland

    Katarzyna Mróz & Izabela Hager

  7. Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK

    Colin Davie

  8. CERIB, Epernon, France

    Siyimane Mohaine

  9. Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Sciences (IETcc), Madrid, Spain

    Maria Cruz Alonso

  10. Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

    Lenka Bodnarova & Rudolf Hela

  11. Materials Testing Institute, Universität Stuttgart (MPA), Stuttgart, Germany

    Josipa Bosnjak

  12. Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France

    Stefano Dal Pont

  13. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Vinh Dao

  14. EFECTIS FRANCE, Lyon, France

    Dorjan Dauti

  15. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

    Frank Dehn

  16. Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Roberto Felicetti & Francesco Lo Monte

  17. University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Tomaz Hozjan & Jerneja Kolsek

  18. MFPA Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Michael Juknat

  19. VTT, Espoo, Finland

    Ulla-Maija Jumppanen

  20. Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Germany

    Johannes Kirnbauer

  21. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

    Umesh Kumar Sharma

  22. BAM, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -Prüfung, Berlin, Germany

    Manfred Korzen, Ludwig Stelzner & Frank Weise

  23. Institut für Werkstoffe Im Bauwesen, Stuttgart, Germany

    Hitesh Lakhani

  24. EDF - TEGG/CEMETE, Aix en Provence, France

    Maxime Lion

  25. Semper, London, UK

    Cristian Maluk

  26. INSA Rennes, Rennes, France

    Fekri Meftah

  27. CSTB, Marne la Vallee, France

    Md Jihad Miah, Yahia Msaad & Duc Toan Pham

  28. CEA, Gif/Yvette, France

    Alain Millard

  29. University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

    Jean-Christophe Mindeguia

  30. CETU, Bron, France

    Bérénice Moreau

  31. Gunma University, Gunma, Japan

    Mitsuo Ozawa

  32. Universita degli Studi Di Padova, Padua, Italy

    Francesco Pesavento

  33. Fachhochschule Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Klaus Pistol

  34. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Ieuan Rickard

  35. University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Joao Paulo Correia Rodrigues

  36. IRSN, Fontenay-Aux-Roses, France

    Mohsen Roosefid

  37. Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Spittal, Austria

    Martin Schneider

  38. Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

    Kosmas Sideris

  39. EMPA, Dübendorf, Switzerland

    Benedikt Weber

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Note: This Recommendation Has Been Prepared By the Work Group WG3 Within RILEM SPF-256 to Provide the Method to Evaluate Concrete Propensity to Fire Spalling in Terms of Material Behaviour. The Recommendation Has Been Reviewed and Approved By All Members of the TC SPF-256.

TC Chair: Pierre PIMIENTA, CSTB, France.

TC Deputy Chair and Secretary: Robert MC NAMEE, Research Institutes of Sweden and Lund University, Sweden.

TC Task 3.1 – Large scale spalling Test Chair: Fabienne ROBERT, CERIB, France.

TC Members: Lenka BODNAROVA (Czech Republic), Josipa BOSNJAK (Germany), Lars BOSTRÖM (Sweden), Maria CRUZ ALONSO (Spain), Stefano DAL PONT (France), Vinh DAO (Australia), Colin DAVIE (United Kingdom), Frank DEHN (Germany), Roberto FELICETTI (Italy), Izabela HAGER (Poland), Rudolf HELA (Czech Republic), Tomaz HOZJAN (Slovenia), Shan-Shan HUANG (United Kingdom), Michael JUKNAT (Germany), Ulla-Maija JUMPPANEN (Finland), Johannes KIRNBAUER (Austria), Jerneja KOLSEK (Slovenia), Manfred KORZEN (Germany), Hitesh LAKHANI (Germany), Maxime LION (France), Francesco LO MONTE (Italy), Cristian MALUK (Australia), Robert MC NAMEE (Sweden), Fekri MEFTAH (France), Md Jihad MIAH (France), Alain MILLARD (France), Jean-Christophe MINDEGUIA (France), Siyimane MOHAINE (France), Bérénice MOREAU (France), Katarzyna MRÓZ (Poland), Yahia MSAAD (France), Mitsuo OZAWA (Japan), Francesco PESAVENTO (Italy), Duc Toan PHAM (France), Pierre PIMIENTA (France), Klaus PISTOL (Germany), Ieuan RICKARD (United Kingdom), Fabienne ROBERT (France), Joao Paulo Correia RODRIGUES (Portugal), Mohsen ROOSEFID (France), Martin SCHNEIDER (Austria), Umesh Kumar SHARMA (India), Kosmas K. SIDERIS (Greece), Ludwig STELZNER (Germany), Benedikt WEBER (Switzerland) and Frank WEISE (Germany).

Contributors: Steffen Anders (Germany), Harris Angelakopoulos (United Kingdom), Luke Bisby (United Kingdom), Hélène Carré (France), Ulrich Diederichs (Germany), Andre Klimek (Germany), Sergei Leonovich (Republic of Belarus), Asif Hussain Shah (India), Fariza Sultangaliyeva (France), Jiayi Wang (United Kingdom), Matthias Zeiml (Austria), Yiming Zhang (Austria).

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Pimienta, P., McNamee, R., Robert, F. et al. Recommendation of RILEM TC 256-SPF on fire spalling assessment during standardised fire resistance tests: complementary guidance and requirements. Mater Struct 57, 3 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-023-02248-z

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