ISO 3008:2006

Fire resistance tests — Door and shutter assemblies

ISO 3008:2006 specifies a method for determining the fire resistance of door and shutter assemblies designed primarily for installation within openings incorporated in vertical separating elements, such as: hinged and pivoted doors; horizontally-sliding and vertically-sliding doors including articulated sliding doors, sectional doors; steel single skin folding shutters (uninsulated); other sliding folding doors; tilting doors; lift landing/elevator doors; rolling shutter doors; removable panels in walls. ISO 3008:2006 is used in conjunction with ISO 834-1. No requirements are included for mechanical conditioning, e.g., "shakedown" or durability as these are included in the relevant product standard. This method may also be used to determine the fire resistance of non-loadbearing horizontal doors by analogy.

Essais de résistance au feu — Assemblages porte et volet

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 30-Oct-2006
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Oct-2006
• ICS: 13.220.50 - Fire-resistance of building materials and elements
• ICS: 91.060.50 - Doors and windows
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 92/SC 2 - Fire containment
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 92/SC 2/WG 3 - Fire resistance tests for doors, shutters and glazed elements
• Current Stage: 9599 - Withdrawal of International Standard
• Completion Date: 13-Sep-2007

Relations

• Revised: ISO 3008:2007 - Fire-resistance tests — Door and shutter assemblies
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008
• Revises: ISO 3008:1976/Amd 1:1984 - Fire-resistance tests — Door and shutter assemblies — Amendment 1
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008
• Revises: ISO 3008:1976 - Fire-resistance tests — Door and shutter assemblies
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 3008
Second edition
2006-11-15


Fire resistance tests — Door and shutter
assemblies
Essais de résistance au feu — Assemblages porte et volet





Reference number
ISO 3008:2006(E)
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ISO 3008:2006(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 2
3 Terms and definitions. 2
4 Test equipment . 4
5 Test conditions . 4
6 Test specimen . 4
6.1 Size of specimen. 4
6.2 Number of specimens . 4
6.3 Design of specimen. 4
6.4 Construction. 4
6.5 Verification . 5
7 Installation of test specimen . 5
7.1 General. 5
7.2 Supporting construction. 5
7.3 Test construction. 5
7.4 Gaps . 14
8 Conditioning. 18
8.1 Moisture content. 18
8.2 Mechanical. 18
9 Application of instrumentation. 19
9.1 Temperature measurements. 19
9.2 Maximum temperature. 34
9.3 Temperature of door frame. 35
9.4 Pressure measurements . 35
9.5 Heat flux measurement . 36
9.6 Deflection. 37
10 Test procedure . 41
10.1 Examination steps . 41
10.2 Completion of test . 42
11 Performance criteria. 42
11.1 Integrity. 42
11.2 Insulation . 43
12 Test report . 43
13 Field of direct application of test results . 43
13.1 General. 43
13.2 Timber constructions . 44
13.3 Steel constructions. 44
13.4 Glazed constructions . 44
13.5 Fixings/hardware . 44
Annex A (normative) Conditioning requirements for supporting constructions . 45
Annex B (informative) Estimation of radiant heat flux using measured surface temperature and
Stefan-Boltzmann law. 46
Bibliography . 48

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ISO 3008:2006(E)
Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies
(ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO
technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been
established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and
non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.
International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards
adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an
International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO 3008 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 92, Fire safety, Subcommittee SC 2, Fire
containment.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 3008:1976), the following clause and
subclauses of which have been technically revised as described below.
a) The addition of some specific types of door and shutter assemblies such as elevator/lift landing doors in
Clause 1.
b) Specific guidance on the types of associated and supporting construction to test and their associated field
of application in 7.3.1.2 and 7.3.1.3.
c) The addition of the plate thermometer for furnace temperature control in 9.1.1.
d) Greater detail on unexposed face temperature, pressure, and heat flux measurements in 9.1.2, 9.2, 9.3,
9.4 and 9.5.
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Introduction
This International Standard contains specific requirements for fire resistance testing which are unique to the
elements of building construction described as doors and shutters. The requirements for these doors and
shutters are intended to be applied in appropriate conjunction with the detailed and general requirements
contained in International Standard ISO 834-1.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 3008:2006(E)

Fire resistance tests — Door and shutter assemblies
WARNING — The attention of all persons concerned with managing and carrying out this fire
resistance test is drawn to the fact that fire testing may be hazardous and that there is a possibility
that toxic and/or harmful smoke and gases may be emitted during the test. Mechanical and
operational hazards may also arise during the construction of the test elements or structures, their
testing and disposal of test residues.
An assessment of all potential hazards and risks to health shall be made and safety precautions shall
be identified and provided. Written safety instructions shall be issued. Appropriate training shall be
given to relevant personnel. Laboratory personnel shall ensure that they follow written safety
instructions at all times.
1 Scope
This International Standard specifies a method for determining the fire resistance of door and shutter
assemblies designed primarily for installation within openings incorporated in vertical separating elements,
such as:
⎯ hinged and pivoted doors;
⎯ horizontally-sliding and vertically-sliding doors including articulated sliding doors and sectional doors;
⎯ steel single skin folding shutters (uninsulated);
⎯ other sliding folding doors;
⎯ tilting doors;
⎯ lift landing/elevator doors;
⎯ rolling shutter doors;
⎯ removable panels in walls.
This International Standard is used in conjunction with ISO 834-1. No requirements are included for
mechanical conditioning, e.g. “shakedown” or durability, as these are included in the relevant product standard.
This method may also be used to determine the fire resistance of non-loadbearing horizontal doors by analogy.
However, these are not specifically addressed here and the field of direct application given in Clause 13 is not
valid for horizontally-oriented doors.
For smoke leakage testing of doors and shutters refer to ISO 5925-1.
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2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 834-1:1999, Fire-resistance tests — Elements of building construction — Part 1: General requirements
ISO 834-8:2002, Fire-resistance tests — Elements of building construction — Part 8: Specific requirements for
non-loadbearing vertical separating elements
ISO 3009:2003, Fire-resistance tests — Elements of building construction — Glazed elements
ISO 5925-1, Fire tests — Smoke control door and shutter assemblies — Part 1: Ambient and medium
temperature leakage test procedure
ISO 13943:2000, Fire safety — Vocabulary
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 834-1, ISO 13943 and the following
apply.
3.1
associated supporting construction
specific construction in which the door or shutter assembly is to be installed as intended for use in practice
and which is used to close off the furnace and provide the levels of restraint and thermal heat transfer to be
experienced in normal use
3.2
cill
member, which spans between two frame jambs at the base which may or may not be set into the floor and
which remains visible
3.3
door assembly
door set
assembly, complete with grilles and louvers together with the door hardware and any fire seals, smoke seals,
draught seals, acoustic seals and consisting of pivoted, hinged or sliding door leaves or leaf, including any
frame, which is provided for closing of permanent openings in separating elements
NOTE This includes all side-panels, vision panels or transom panels.
3.4
door hardware
items such as hinges, handles, locks, panic bars, escutcheons, letter plates, kick plates, sliding gear, closing
devices, electrical components, wiring, etc. which are, or can be used in the door or shutter assembly
3.5
double action
action of a fire door leaf that opens in both directions
3.6
fire seal
seal fitted to the frame or to the leaf edge for the purpose of extending the period of integrity of the assembly
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3.7
floor
upper surface of the horizontal element on which the door or shutter assembly is mounted and which extends
from the exposed face to the unexposed face of the assembly
3.8
flush over panel
fixed panel fitted within the head and jambs above the door leaf without a transom fitted
3.9
gap
clearance between two nominally adjacent surfaces and/or edges, e.g. between the edge of a leaf and the
frame or face of the leaf and the frame stop
3.10
primary leaf
leaf of a multi-leaved door assembly which is the largest and/or has the handle attached to it as the preferred
leaf for general operation
NOTE If the leaves of a multi-leaved door are the same size and if the handles (or other hardware such as push
plates) are fitted to all leaves, then no primary leaf exists for that door assembly.
3.11
shutter assembly
complete assembly consisting of rolling, folded or sliding curtains including guides, rollers, tracks, and
operating mechanism and housings
3.12
side panel
fixed panel which is incorporated to one side of a door which is part of the test specimen
3.13
single action
action of a fire door leaf that opens in only one direction
3.14
smoke seal
seal fitted to the frame or to the leaf edge for the purpose of restricting the flow of smoke or hot gases
3.15
standard supporting construction
form of construction used to close off the furnace and to support the door or shutter assembly being evaluated,
and which has a quantifiable influence on both the thermal heat transfer between the construction and the test
specimen, and provides known resistance to thermal distortion
3.16
test specimen
door or shutter assembly that is to be installed in a standard or associated supporting construction to allow it
to be evaluated
3.17
through connection
fixing or internal spacer that either penetrates through the door or shutter construction from one face to
another or directly connects the faces one to the other
3.18
transom
member that extends across the frame from jamb to jamb at the head of the leaf and which creates an
aperture to house a transom panel
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transom panel
fixed panel that is incorporated above a door and is bounded on all edges by either the frame head, the jambs
or the transom
4 Test equipment
4.1 The test equipment shall be as specified in ISO 834-1. The furnace used shall be related to the
orientation of the test specimen. For vertical specimens the wall testing furnace is suitable, for horizontal
specimens, the floor furnace is applicable.
4.2 Measurement of heat flux from the unexposed surface of specimens shall be made as described in 9.5.
5 Test conditions
Test conditions require the application of the heating and pressure conditions of the standard test as defined
in ISO 834-1.
6 Test specimen
6.1 Size of specimen
The test specimen and all its components shall be full size. When this is restricted by the size of the opening
of the furnace (which is normally 3 m × 3 m), the door or shutter assembly shall be tested at the maximum
size possible and the fire resistance of the full-sized assembly shall be derived by an extended application
analysis. However, the minimum dimensions of supporting construction shall be not less than that prescribed
in 7.3.1.1.
6.2 Number of specimens
The number of test specimens shall be selected as described in ISO 834-1. It shall be stated in the test report
if testing is carried out from one side only, whether due to the symmetrical nature of the door or because it is
required to resist fire from one side only.
6.3 Design of specimen
6.3.1 The design of the test specimen and the choice of supporting construction shall take into account the
requirements of 7.3 if the widest field of direct application is to be achieved.
6.3.2 Where the door or shutter assembly incorporates side, transom or flush over panels, whether glazed
or unglazed, these shall be tested as part of the door or shutter assembly. The side panel shall always be on
the latch side.
6.3.3 The test specimen shall be fully representative of the door or shutter assembly as intended for use in
practice, including any appropriate surface finishes and fittings which are an essential part of the specimen
and may influence its behaviour in a test construction.
6.4 Construction
The test specimen shall be constructed as described in ISO 834-1.
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6.5 Verification
6.5.1 The sponsor shall provide a specification sufficiently detailed to allow the laboratory to conduct a
detailed examination of the specimen before the test and to agree on the accuracy of the information supplied.
ISO 834-1 provides detailed guidance on verification of the test specimen.
6.5.2 When the method of construction precludes a detailed survey of the specimen without having to
permanently damage it, or if it is considered that it will subsequently be impossible to evaluate construction
details from a post-test examination, then one of two options shall be exercised by the laboratory, either:
⎯ the laboratory shall oversee the manufacture of the door or shutter assembly(ies) that is (are) to be the
subject of the test or
⎯ the sponsor shall, at the discretion of the laboratory, be requested to supply an additional assembly or
that part of the assembly which cannot be verified (e.g. a door leaf) in addition to the number required for
the testing; the laboratory shall then choose freely which of these shall be subjected to the testing and
which shall be used to verify the construction.
7 Installation of test specimen
7.1 General
7.1.1 The test specimen shall be installed in a manner as intended for use in practice, incorporating all
hardware and other items that may influence the performance of the specimen.
7.1.2 The test specimen shall be mounted in a supporting construction, the field of application of which
covers the type (see 7.3.1.1) in which it is intended to be used. The design of the connection between the test
specimen and the supporting construction, including any fixings and materials used to make the connection,
shall be as intended for use in practice and shall be regarded as part of the test specimen.
7.1.3 The whole area of the test specimen, together with at least the minimum dimensions of the supporting
construction required by 7.3.1.1 shall be exposed to the heating conditions.
7.2 Supporting construction
The fire resistance of any supporting construction shall not be determined from a test in conjunction with a test
specimen and shall be at least commensurate with that anticipated for the test specimen.
7.3 Test construction
7.3.1 General
7.3.1.1 Associated and supporting construction
The space between the specimen and the frame shall be filled with either:
⎯ associated construction or
⎯ supporting construction.
There shall be a minimum zone of supporting construction, 200 mm wide, exposed within the furnace, each
side and over the top of the aperture into which the test specimen is to be fixed. The thickness of the
supporting construction may be increased outside of the 200 mm zone. The test construction may incorporate
more than one test specimen providing that there is minimum separation of 200 mm between each specimen
and between the specimens and the edge of the furnace.
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7.3.1.2 Associated construction
When the test specimen is always installed in a specific, normally proprietary, form of construction that is
permanently associated with its intended use in practice, then the specimen shall be installed in a sample of
this associated construction.
7.3.1.3 Supporting construction
7.3.1.3.1 Where the test specimen is not permanently associated with a specific form of construction, the
area between the test specimen and the support frame shall be filled with a rigid or flexible standard
supporting construction as specified in ISO 834-8.
7.3.1.3.2 The choice of standard supporting construction shall reflect the range of intended use for the door
or shutter assembly. The rules governing the applicability of the chosen standard supporting construction to
other end use situations are given in Clause 13.
7.3.1.3.3 Figures 1 to 8 illustrate the use of supporting constructions in conjunction with the mounting of
specimens of different types.

Key
1 steel vertical ‘C’ stud
2 12,5 mm plasterboard
3 screws at 300 mm fixing centres
Figure 1 — Example of a horizontal cross section of a flexible standard supporting construction
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Key
1 standard supporting construction (block wall)
2 door assembly (test specimen)
3 test frame
NOTE 1 + 2 form the test construction.
Figure 2 — Example of door assembly in a rigid standard supporting construction
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Key
1 standard or associated supporting construction
2 door assembly (test specimen)
3 test frame
4 free edge insulation
NOTE 1 + 2 form the test construction.
Figure 3 — Example of a door assembly in flexible standard or associated supporting construction
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Dimensions in millimetres

Key
1 floor
2 standard supporting construction
3 associated supporting construction
4 free edge insulation
Figure 4 — Example of horizontal sections for mounting hinged door specimens
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Dimensions in millimetres

Key
1 rigid non-combustible material
2 cill
Figure 5 — Examples for mounting hinged door specimens (vertical sections)
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Dimensions in millimetres

a)  Vertical section

b)  Horizontal section
Key
1 supporting construction
2 floor, rigid non-combustible material
3 top of furnace
4 floor of furnace
5 side of furnace
Figure 6 — Example of details for mounting sliding door specimens
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Dimensions in millimetres

a)  Vertical section

b)  Horizontal section
Key
1 supporting construction
2 floor, rigid non-combustible material
3 top of funrace
Figure 7 — Example of details for mounting folding door specimens
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Dimensions in millimetres

a)  Vertical section

b)  Horizontal section
Key
1 supporting construction
2 floor, rigid non-combustible material
Figure 8 — Example of details for mounting rolling shutter specimens
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7.3.1.4 Restraint on supporting construction
7.3.1.4.1 For flexible standard supporting constructions and all associated supporting constructions, the
partition or wall shall be erected so that it can distort freely perpendicular to the plane of the construction along
the vertical edges, i.e. there shall be a free edge at each end of the construction.
7.3.1.4.2 For rigid standard supporting constructions, the wall shall be erected with no freedom to distort
perpendicular to the plane of the wall along the vertical edges, i.e. it shall be fixed to the inside of the test
frame as in normal practice.
7.3.1.4.3 If the bottom of the test specimen is at floor level in practice, at the bottom of the aperture,
continuity of the floor shall be simulated using a solid, non-combustible rigid material which has a minimum
width of 200 mm on each side of the assembly, i.e. from the exposed to the unexposed face. The furnace floor
can be regarded as part of the simulation of the floor continuity provided that it is level with the base of the
assembly. If a cill detail is incorporated as part of the door or shutter assembly, this shall be incorporated
within or placed on top of the extension. If the test specimen is not to be used at floor level, and provided that
it has a frame detail to all four sides of the aperture, then it may be mounted simply within the thickness of the
wall, without the extension.
NOTE If the specimen is tested in conjunction with a non-combustible floor, then this may not represent the situation
when the specimen is installed above a combustible flooring such as timber or carpet.
7.4 Gaps
7.4.1 The adjustment of the door leaf, leaves or shutter and gaps shall be within the tolerances of the
design values stipulated by the sponsor. These shall be representative of those used as intended for use in
practice so that appropriate clearances exist, e.g. between the fixed and moveable components.
7.4.2 In order to generate the widest field of direct application, the gaps shall be set between the middle
value and the maximum value within the range of gaps given by the sponsor.
A door or shutter assembly with a specified range of gaps from 3 mm to 8 mm is tested with gaps set between
5,5 mm and 8 mm. Examples of gap measurement are given in Figures 9 to 12.
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Figure 9 — Examples of clearance gap measurements for hinged and pivoted doors (vertical sections)
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a)  Single doors

b)  Meeting edge for double doors
Figure 10 — Examples of gap measurements for hinged and pivoted doors
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