Loaded fire tests with I-joists

The aim of the tests was to evaluate the potential reduction of the moment capacity of I-joists caused by bondline integrity of the finger joints. Each I-joist was made with 11 different adhesives in the finger joints in tension flange. All the adhesives were from Firenwood selection. Finger joints in tension may show a lower load-bearing capacity in the fire situation depending of the bond line integrity in fire. I-joists were loaded in bending with the tension flange being closer to the fire. I-joists were protected with gypsum plasterboard during the entire fire test. Cavities of the test assembly were filled with stone wool.The FIRENWOOD project is supported under the umbrella of ERA-NET Cofund ForestValue byGermany (Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL); Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR)project number FKZ 2219NR120), Sweden (The Swedish Research Council for Environment,Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS); Swedish Energy Agency (SWEA); SwedishGovernmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) project number 2018-04989) and Norway(Research Council of Norway (RCN) project number 298587). ForestValue has received funding fromthe European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No773324.