CLT Adhesive Tests in Support of Mass Timber Buildings
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Jason Smart, P.E.Manager, Engineering TechnologyAmerican Wood Council
Sam Francis, C.B.O.Senior Director, National ProgramsAmerican Wood Council
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Adhesive bonding of wood laminations allows for the manufacture of large wood members. Adhesives used for this purpose must meet specified levels of resistance to heat at elevated temperatures. This performance is determined through testing. Code-referenced standards currently require such adhesives to pass a bond line shear test at elevated temperatures as a demonstration of this performance. The presentation will include an overview of the manufacturing of glued engineered wood products and the applicable code-referenced standards. During the work of the ICC Tall Wood Building Ad Hoc Committee (TWB), special test programs were developed and performed with the input of the fire service. New test protocols were developed to ensure the adhesive used in cross-laminated timber (CLT) will not result in the re-kindling of uncharred wood at the bond line. Background and the resulting test protocol for CLT will be presented.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion, participants will be:
Recognize how cross-laminated timber and other glued engineered wood products are manufactured.
What is CLT?
Describe the compartment fire test results and circumstances that led to the development of a full-scale room fire protocol for qualifying adhesives used to manufacture cross-laminated timber.
Compartment Tests
Summarize the test protocols and associated pass/fail criteria established in PRG 320 for qualifying adhesives and evaluate their impact on mass timber construction.
Adhesive Qualification Tests
Understand the proposed code change that addresses the performance requirements for cross laminated timber, and state its impact on mass timber construction.
Applicable Code Requirements
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POLLING QUESTION
1. What is your profession?
a) Architect
b) Engineer
c) Building Code Official
d) Fire Code Official
e) Other
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Outline
• What is CLT?
• Compartment Tests
• Adhesive Qualification Tests
• Applicable Code Requirements
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CONCEPT OF CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER
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CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER PANELS
CONCEPT OF CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER
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MASS TIMBER CONCEPT - HISTORY OF CLT
1985 1st CLT patent - France
1993 1st CLT projects - Switzerland and Germany
1995-1996 Improved press technology
1998 1st multi-story res building - Austria
Early 2000’s
CLT use (Europe) increased significantly
Green building movement driven
Better efficiencies, product approvals, improved marketing and distribution channels
Over 500 CLT buildings in England
Recent - US and Canadian use of CLT
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CLT VS GLT
Beam-like memberThick Orthotropic Plate
Graphics provided by WoodWorks Graphics provided by APA
Cross Laminated Timber Glued Laminated Timber
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CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER
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Components of CLT
• A lamination consists of a piece of sawn lumber or SCL
• Layer: An arrangement of laminations of the same thickness, grade, and species combination laid out essentially parallel to each other in one plane
• CLT consists of at least 3 orthogonal layers, laminated with structural adhesives
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POLLING QUESTION
2. Which of the following is true regarding CLT?a.All laminations within a single layer are parallel
b.Alternating layers are perpendicular
c. There is a major and minor axis
d. All of the above
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Outline
• What is CLT?
• Compartment Tests
• Adhesive Qualification Tests
• Applicable Code Requirements
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COMPARTMENT TESTS
What is a Compartment Fire Test?
• A fire test within a compartment having at least one opening
• Simulates a flashover fire in an actual room or apartment
• Fuel type: Either real furnishings, gas or other combustible fuels
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FIRE TESTING: COMPARTMENT TEST VS. ASTM E119
Compartment Fires:
• Temperatures typically peak more quickly and remain higher than E119 standard fire test during fully-developed phase
• Temps start to decrease once fuel is mostly consumed (decay phase)
E119 Standard Fire:
• Temperatures gradually increase throughout exposure
• It takes >4 hours for the temperature to reach the same level as the typical peak temp in a compartment fire
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NFPA FPRF COMPARTMENT TESTS
NFPA Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF)
• Tests done for NFPA’s Property Insurance Research Group (PIRG)
• Purpose: Evaluate the contribution of CLT elements to compartment fires to collect data for insurance modeling
• Tests performed by NRC Canada
• Tests performed at NIST facilities
• 6 Compartment tests:
• 2 with all CLT protected
• 4 with various surfaces exposed
• Report available at FPRF website:
https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research
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NFPA FPRF COMPARTMENT TESTS
• No significant contribution of CLT when all surfaces were protected with Type X gypsum wallboard
• Where surfaces were exposed, CLT contribution increased with increasing exposed CLT surface area
• Modeling performed by Research Institute of Sweden (RISE) was close to measured results
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NFPA FPRF COMPARTMENT TESTS
• Fire re-growth observed in multiple FPRF tests
• Fire re-growth caused by failure of bond lines before being reached by char front (i.e., heat-delamination)
Images courtesy of Joseph Su, NRC Canada
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NFPA FPRF COMPARTMENT TESTS
Test 1-4: Exposed CLT ceiling
• 1st heat-delamination occurred around 50 minutes, extending fully-developed phase
• 2nd heat-delamination occurred around 150 minutes, resulting in fire re-growth
Graphs courtesy of Joseph Su, NRC Canada
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NFPA FPRF COMPARTMENT TESTS
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NFPA FPRF COMPARTMENT TESTS
• Similar fire re-growth behavior observed in other compartment tests with exposed areas of CLT
• All instances of fire re-growth were caused by adhesive heat delamination
Result of this behavior
• Fire may not necessarily burn out after compartment contents are consumed
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POLLING QUESTION
3. In the FPRF compartment tests, all instances of fire re-
growth were caused by adhesive heat delamination.
True
False
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Outline
• What is CLT?
• Compartment Tests
• Adhesive Qualification Tests
• Applicable Code Requirements
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
Position of ICC-TWB Ad-Hoc Committee
• Heat delamination leading to fire re-growth deemed unacceptable for Tall Mass Timber buildings
• Members should perform more like solid wood
✓ Steady, predictable char development
✓ Unheated core insulated by char layer
✓ No fire re-growth
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
Direction provided by ICC-TWB Ad-Hoc Committee
• Need test protocol capable of identifying heat-delaminating adhesives
• Code-referenced standards governing CLT should require adhesive qualification using this protocol
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
Test protocol developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
• Large-scale compartment test (9’ x 19’ compartment)
• Exposed CLT ceiling (as was tested in FPRF Test 1-4)
• Same CLT span as in FPRF tests (~15’)
• Same loading as in FPRF tests (20 psf)
• Same ventilation ratio as in FPRF tests (~0.03 m0.5)
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
Large-scale Compartment Test Protocol
• Calibration of adhesive qualification test protocol
• Exposure replicates conditions of FPRF baseline test (FPRF Test 1-1)
• Exposure based on heat flux to the ceiling to replicate fire curve of FPRF Test 1-1 (no exposed CLT)
FPRF Test 1-1 Adhesive qualification calibration test
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
Prior to flashover (11 minutes) Flashover (~14 minutes)
Large-scale Compartment Test Protocol
• Validation of adhesive qualification test protocol
• Validation test performed on same CLT used in FPRF tests to verify similar performance
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
Fully-developed phase (15 minutes) Fully-developed phase (40 minutes)
Large-scale Compartment Test Protocol
• Validation of adhesive qualification test protocol
• Validation test performed on same CLT used in FPRF tests to verify similar performance
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
Just prior to fire re-growth (2:59) 2nd Flashover caused by fire re-growth (3:10)
Large-scale Compartment Test Protocol
• Validation of adhesive qualification test protocol
• Validation test performed on same CLT used in FPRF tests to verify similar performance
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
FPRF Test 1-4 Adhesive qualification validation test
FPRF Test 1-1 Adhesive qualification calibration test
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
Validation of adhesive qualification test protocol
• Comparison of temperatures at ceiling
• ~450°C during decay phase, before fire re-growth
• ≥800°C at end of test, due to fire re-growth
FPRF Test 1-4 Adhesive qualification validation test
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
Improved PUR
Heat-delaminating PUR
Qualification tests performed on other adhesives
• Fire re-growth observed with PUR
• No fire re-growth observed with
• Melamine formaldehyde resin
• Improved PUR
• Test identifies acceptable performance
Melamine formaldehyde resin
✓ ✓
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
Small-scale Adhesive Qualification Test Protocol (CSA O177 Sect. A.2)
• As modified by PRG-320: Cross-section of CLT exposed to flame
• Flame temperature: 1470-1650˚F (800-900˚C)
• Exposure duration: 10 minutes (5 minutes on each side)
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ADHESIVE QUALIFICATION TESTS
Small-scale Adhesive Qualification Test Protocol (CSA O177 Section A.2)
• CLT samples cut and inspected for delamination following test
• Distinguishes between adhesives that undergo heat-delamination vs. those that do not
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POLLING QUESTION
4. Large-scale compartment tests performed at SwRI revealed:
a. Fire re-growth was observed with tested heat-delaminating PUR
b. No fire re-growth was observed with tested melamine formaldehyde resin
c. No fire re-growth was observed with tested improved PUR
d. All of the above
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Outline
• What is CLT?
• Compartment Tests
• Adhesive Qualification Tests
• Applicable Code Requirements
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APPLICABLE CODE REQUIREMENTS
International Building Code (IBC)
• IBC Chapter 23 requires CLT to be manufactured and identified in accordance with ANSI/APA PRG 320
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APPLICABLE CODE REQUIREMENTS
PRG 320 – Standard for Performance-Rated CLT
• Contains a wide range of requirements for CLT, including
• Dimensions and tolerances
• Component requirements (laminations, adhesive, etc.)
• Performance criteria
• Qualification and marking
• Quality assurance
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APPLICABLE CODE REQUIREMENTS
PRG 320-2018 – Standard for Performance-Rated CLT
• Adhesives must meet the requirements of ANSI 405 (which references CSA O177 Section A.2)
- AND -
• Adhesives must comply with the requirements for elevated temperature performance per Annex B (large-scale compartment test)
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APPLICABLE CODE REQUIREMENTS
Annex B of PRG 320-2018
• Large-scale Compartment Test
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APPLICABLE CODE REQUIREMENTS
Annex B of PRG 320-2018
• Calibration performed on protected CLT (same as FPRF Test 1-1)
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APPLICABLE CODE REQUIREMENTS
Annex B of PRG 320-2018
• Qualification Test Method
• 8’ x 16’ CLT specimen – exposed CLT ceiling
• Specimen subjected to prescribed exposure
• Test performed for a period of 240 minutes (4 hours)
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APPLICABLE CODE REQUIREMENTS
Annex B of PRG 320-2018
• Acceptance Criteria
• CLT assembly must sustain applied load throughout entire 240-minute test
• Temperatures shall not exceed 950˚F (510˚C) during decay phase
• This identifies and excludes adhesives that allow delamination leading to fire re-growth
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POLLING QUESTION
5. Which of the following standards addresses
appropriate CLT adhesive performance for tall mass
timber buildings?a.APA PRG 320-2012
b.APA PRG 320-2015
c. APA PRG 320-2018
d.Any of the above standards are suitable
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