Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Fire design of wooden box floors
Dhionis Dhima
CSTB, Champs sur Marne, Marne-la-Vallée cedex 2 France
Renaud Blondeau-Patissier
METSÄ WOOD, Construction, Courbevoie Cedex, France
ABSTRACT: The design of the floors made up of prefabricated wood-based loadbearing box elements facil-
itates the construction of these floors and reduces significantly their cost. According to the fire requirements
of different types of building, where this type of floor is used, different wooden box slab configurations are
designed: unprotected, protected by plasterboard or other protections and with or without insulation ...