NF P92-502 Building Materials Fire Reaction Tests

EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance service within the scope of NF P92-502 standard. In fire resistance tests, it is aimed to evaluate the load bearing or fire resistance properties and performances of building elements.

The fire resistance of beams, columns, doors, wall sections and similar hardware is typically determined by subtracting a standard temperature-time curve. Measurements are made by keeping the building elements in special furnaces up to 850 degrees. These tests are generally designed for concrete, brick or steel elements.

Fire resistance is generally an important factor in the static structures of buildings. A large number of standards have been developed in the European Union countries. The NF P92-502 standard, a French standard (NF, Norme Française), is one of them.

The reaction of structures to fire is typically evaluated using the fire resistance approach. A common approach for this is to perform a full-scale fire resistance test. One of the first fire resistance tests was conducted in the USA in 1890 using an experimental method.

Today, there are various standards that describe how to perform fire resistance testing. The purpose of these tests is to gain a good understanding of how structural members and assemblies such as columns, beams, floors and walls perform in a fire.

There are many factors that contribute to the fire resistance of a building's structure. The bigger the fire, the lower the fire resistance. The increase in temperature normally causes the mechanical properties of materials such as compression and tensile strength and modulus of elasticity to decrease.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with NF P92-502 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.