Testing Plans

Large-scale testing
Four large-scale mass timber compartments will be tested. The details of each test are provided here with regards to fuel type and encapsulation. Each compartment will have a consistent fuel load and compartment size:

Compartment size (interior dimensions): 9′-4″ (width) x 19′-4″ (length) x 8′-2″ (height)
Fuel load: 800 MJ/m2
Mass timber: all CLT is 5-ply spruce-pine-fir V2 CLT; all glue laminated timber is spruce-pine-fir

Plan view of furniture layout

The following are the variations between the compartment tests:

Compartment
No.
Fuel TypeEncapsulationTest Duration
(up to)
1FurnitureFull4 hours
2FurnitureNone24 hours
3FurnitureNone24 hours + induced airflow
4Wood CribsFull4 hours
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