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Recommendation of RILEM TC 256-SPF on the method of testing concrete spalling due to fire: material screening test

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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”. The Committee has defined two types of screening tests for characterization of concrete propensity to fire spalling: Material screening tests and Product screening tests. Definitions of both types of tests are given in the paper. The following recommendations apply to Material screening tests. The material screening tests described in these recommendations are a set of minimum requirements to test concrete spalling propensity (for example, the minimal specimen size). This document covers the aspects of concrete characterization, specimen geometries, storage conditions, test methods and measured parameters.

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

    Robert McNamee

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

    Izabela Hager & Katarzyna Mróz

  4. Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Brinellgatan 4, Borås, Sweden

    Robert McNamee

  5. CERIB, Epernon, France

    Siyimane Mohaine & Fabienne Robert

  6. University of Sheffield , Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Shan-Shan Huang

  7. University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

    Jean-Christophe Mindeguia

  8. Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

    Colin Davie

  9. Politecnico di Milano , Milano, Italy

    Roberto Felicetti & Francesco Lo Monte

  10. CSTB, Marne la Vallée, France

    Md Jihad Miah & Duc Toan Pham

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

    Maxime Lion

  12. Gunma University, Gunma, Japan

    Mitsuo Ozawa

  13. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Ieuan Rickard

  14. Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

    Kosmas Sideris

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

    Maria Cruz Alonso

  16. CEA, Gif/Yvette, France

    Alain Millard

  17. VTT, Espoo, Finland

    Ulla-Maija Jumppanen

  18. Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

    Lenka Bodnarova & Rudolf Hela

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

    Josipa Bosnjak

  20. Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France

    Stefano Dal Pont

  21. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Vinh Dao

  22. EFECTIS FRANCE, Lyon, France

    Dorjan Dauti

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

    Frank Dehn

  24. University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Tomaz Hozjan

  25. MFPA Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Michael Juknat

  26. Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Germany

    Johannes Kirnbauer

  27. ZAG, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Jerneja Kolsek

  28. BAM, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany

    Manfred Korzen, Ludwig Stelzner & Frank Weise

  29. Institut für Werkstoffe im Bauwesen, Stuttgart, Germany

    Hitesh Lakhani

  30. Semper, London, United Kingdom

    Cristian Maluk

  31. INSA Rennes , Rennes, France

    Fekri Meftah

  32. CETU, Bron, France

    Bérénice Moreau

  33. Universita degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy

    Francesco Pesavento

  34. Fachhochschule Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Klaus Pistol

  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. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee , Roorkee, India

    Umesh Kumar Sharma

  39. EMPA, Dübendorf, Switzerland

    Benedikt Weber

  40. RISE, Borås, Sweden

    Lars Boström

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  1. Pierre Pimienta
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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 3.2—Screening Test Chair: Izabela HAGER, Cracow University of Technology, Poland.

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), 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., Hager, I. et al. Recommendation of RILEM TC 256-SPF on the method of testing concrete spalling due to fire: material screening test. Mater Struct 56, 164 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-023-02202-z

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