Modelling Gypsum Board Performance for Real Fire Conditions

气候变化是一个全球公认的问题。这促使加拿大木材行业提倡使用高层工程木结构。这些结构是用工程木制品建造的，依靠石膏板封装来保护材料免受火灾。石膏板在高温下的分解和分解机理尚不清楚。行业合作伙伴Vortex Fire需要更好地了解石膏板在火灾中的降解情况，随后需要开发建模技术，用于加拿大建筑基础设施的设计。我们的研究目标是与他们合作开发这些技术。

Climate change is a globally acknowledged problem. This is motivating the Canadian timber industry to advocate the use of tall engineered timber structures. These structures are built with engineered timber products which rely on gypsum board encapsulation to protect the material from fire. The breakdown and decomposition of gypsum board in high temperatures is not well understood. Vortex Fire, the industry partner, has a need for an improved understanding of gypsum board degradation in fire and a subsequent need to develop modelling technologies for use in the design of Canadian built infrastructure. Our research objective is to work with them to develop these technologies.