DIFFERENT FACTOR INFLUENCE ON THE REACTION TO FIRE PERFORMANCE OF WOOD MATERIALS

This work includes a wide research in field of reaction to fire of different wood materials. Investigation of six different factors influence on wood material reaction to fire performance was done in this work. It includes investigation of influence of wood moisture content, wood species, dimensions, surface coating, wood modification and fire retardant treatment system to wood materials reaction to fire performance. Simplified calculation models of wood materials reaction to fire performance criteria were created on basis of experimental results. Model covers almost all wood species grown in Nordic-Baltic region, but it can be extended for other wood species.