a ASCE STANDARD bi lalia Ph Te) SO ommler ar ameese 0a, he NAL ey a Methods for Structural Raingear ase Wis ot BUR oa ncaa Bitcomet vento Rae K(3)) Petar on crA mtr! ASCE aSTANDARDS. In 2003, the Board of Direction approved the revision to the ASCE Rules for Standards Committees to govern the writing and maintenance of standards developed by the Society. All such standards are developed by a consensus standards process mi by the Society's Codes and Standards Committee (CSC). The consensus process includes balloting by a balanced standards committee made up of Society ‘members and nonmembers, balloting by the membership of the Society as a whole, and balloting by the public. All standards are updated or reaffirmed by the same process at intervals not exceeding five year. ‘The following Standards have been issued: ged ANSI/ASCE 1-82 N-725 Guideline for Design and Analysis of Nuclear Salety Related Barth, Structures ANSI/ASCE 2.91 Measurement of Oxygen Transfer in ‘Clean Water ANSI/ASCE 3-91 Standard for the Structural Design ‘of Composite Slabs and ANSUASCE 9-91 Standard Practice for the Construction and Inspection of Composite Slabs ASCE 4-98 Seismic Analysis of Safety-Related Nuclear Structures Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures. (ACL 530-02/ASCE 5-02/TMS 402-02) and Specifications for Masonry Structures (ACI 530.1-02/ASCE 6-02/TMS 602-02) ASCEJSEI 7-05 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures. SEV/ASCE 8-02 Standard Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Stainless Steel Structural Members ANSV/ASCE 9-91 listed with ASCE 3.91 ASCE 10-97 Design of Latticed Steel Transmission Structures SEMASCE 11-99 Guideline for Structural Condi Assessment of Existing Buildings ASCEEWRI 12-05 Guideline for the Design of Urban Subsurface Drainage ASCEVEWRI 13-05 Standard Guidelines for Installation of Urban Subsurface Drainage ASCE/EWRI 14-05 Standard Guidelines for Operation and Maintenance of Urban Subsurface Drainage ASCE 15-98 Standard Practice for Direct Design of Buried Precast Concrete Pipe Using Standard Installations (SIDD) ASCE 16-95 Standard for Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of Engineered Wood! Construction ASCE 17-96 Air-Supported Structures ASCE 18-96 Standard Guidelines for In-Process Oxygen Transfer Testing ASCE 19-96 Structural Applications of Steel Cables for Buildings ASCE 20-96 Standard Guidelines for the Design and Installation of Pile Foundations ANSVASCE/T&DI 21-05 Automated People Mover Standards—Part 1 ASCE 21.98 Automated People Mover Standards—Part 2 ASCE 21-00 Automated People Mover Standards—Part 3 SEVASCE 23-97 Specification for Struct Beams with Web Openings ASCE/SEI 24-05 Flood Resistant Design and Constructio ASCE/SEI 25-06 Earthquake-Actuated Automatic Gas Shutoif Devices ASCE 26-97 Standard Practice for Design of Buried Precast Conerete Box Sections ASCE 27-00 Standard Practice for Ditect Design ‘of Precast Conerete Pipe for Jacking in Trenchless Construction ASCE 28-00 Standard Practice for Direct Design ‘of Precast Conerete Box Sections for Jacking in Trenchless Construction ASCEISEVSFPE 29-05 Standard Caleul for Structural Fire Protection SEVASCE 30-00 Guideline for Condition Assessment ‘of the Building Envelope SEVASCE 31-03 Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings SEVASCE 32-01 Design and Construction of Frost= Protected Shallow Foundations EWRV/ASCE 33-01 Comprehensive Transboundary Intemational Water Quality Management ‘Agreement EWRVASCE 34-01 Standard Guidelines for Antticial Recharge of Ground Water EWRV/ASCE 35-01 Guidelines for Quality Assurance Of Installed Fine-Pore Aeration Equipment CVASCE 36-01 Standard Construction Guidelines for Microtunneling SEVASCE 37-02 Design Loads on Structures during Construct CVASCE 38-02 Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data EWRVASCE 39-03 Standard Practice for the Design and Operation of Hail Suppression Projects ASCE/EWRI 40-03 Regulated Riparian Model Water Code steel Wn MethodsASCEISEI 41-06 Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings ASCE/EWRI 42-04 Standard Practice forthe Design and Operation of Precipitation Enhancement Projects ASCEISEL 43-05 Seismic Design Criteria for Structures, Systems, and Components in Nuclear Facilites, ASCE/EWRI 44-05 Standard Practice for the Design and Operation of Supercooled Fog Dispersal Projects ASCE/EWRI 45-05 Standard Guidelines the Design of Urban Stormwater Systems ASCE/EWRI 46-05 Standard Guidelines the Installation of Urban Stormwater Systems ASCE/EWRI 47-05 Standard Guidelines Operation and Maintenance of Urban Systems ASCEJSEI 48-08 Design of Steel Transm StructuresCONTENTS, Foreword .....2.0++ Acknowledgments. .. 1.0 STANDARD CALCULATION METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION, 1 1.1 General 1 1.2 Scope... 1 1.3 Purpose and Use... 1 14 Referenced Standards. 1 1.5 Definitions 2 20 STANDARD METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE FIRE RESISTANCE OF PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION... 2.1 Scope 2.2 Definitions 2.3 Concrete Walls . . 24 Concrete Floor and Roof Slabs . 25 Conerete Cover over Reinforcement 2.6 Reinforced Conerete Columns. 3.0 STANDARD METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE FIRE RESISTANCE, OF TIMBER AND WOOD STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS . 31 Scope 3.2 Notations and Definitions 3.3 Design of Fire-Resistive Exposed Wood Members - 3.4 Component Additive Method for Calculating and Demonstrating Assembly Fire Endurance... cee sceeeevsceesee . . 4.0 STANDARD CALCULATION METHODS FOR DETERMINING ‘THE FIRE RESISTANCE OF MASONRY... a8 7 41 Scope’ “I 4.2 Definitions fu 4.3. Equivalent Thickness . Is 4.4 Masonry Walls... 9 4.5 Reinforced Masonry Columns... sel 4.6 Masonry Lintels . 21 5.0 STANDARD METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE FIRE RESISTANCE OF STRUCTURAL STEEL CONSTRUCTION... a SA Scope a 2B 5.2 Structural Stee! Columns 23 Structural Scel Beams and Gitders.......s.00 . 29 SA Structural Steel Trusses . . 31 COMMENTARY, 2.1 Scope €2.2. Guide to Use of Procedures €2.3 Concrete Walls C24 Concrete Floor and Roof Slabs C25 Concrete Cover over Reinforcement C26 Reinforced Concrete Columns References C33 Design of Fire-Resistive Exposed Wood Members . iS ‘C34. Component Additive Method for Calculating and Demonstrating Assembly Fire Endurance References‘The Structural Engineering Institute (SEL) of the CAL Scope see. C43 Equivalent Thickness i C45. Reinforced Masonry Columns C4.6 Masonry Lintels si References. 5.1 Scope : C5.2 Structural Steel Columns... 5.3 Suuctural Steel Beams and Girders. C34 Structural Steel Trusses References . APPENDIX A INDEX. rican Society of Civil Engineers is committed to prow accurate, up-to-date information to its readers, To that end, SEI maintains a listing of errata at hpsliwww-seinst org/publications/errata.cfm.FOREWORD In 2003, the Board of Diteetion approved the revi- sion to the ASCE Rules for Standards Committees to govern the writing and maintenance of standards developed by the Society. All such standards are devel- ‘oped by a consensus standards process managed by the Society's Codes and Standards Committee (CSC), The ‘consensus process includes balloting by a balanced standards committee made up of Society: members and nonmembers, balloting by the membership of the Society asa whole, and balloting by the public. All standards are updated or reaffirmed by the same pro- ‘cess at intervals not exceeding five years, ‘The material presented in this Standard has been prepared in accordance with revognized engineering principles. This Standard should not be used without st securing competent advice with respect tits suit ability for any given application. The publication of the ‘material contained herein is not intended as a represen- tation oF warranty on the part of the American Society ‘of Civil Engineers, or of any other person named herein, that this information is suitable for any general ‘or particular use or promises freedom frorn ining ‘ment of any patent or patents. Anyone making use of this information assumes all Liability trom such use.‘The Structural Engineering Institute (SED) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) acknowledges the devoted efforts of the Structural Design for Fire Conditions Standards Committee of the Codes and Activities Division. This group com- prises individuals from many backgrounds, includ- ing consulting engineering, research, construction Shuai Ahmad, ASCE Farid Alfawakhiri, PE., MASCE Paul Armstrong, M.ASCE James Peter Barris, PE., M.ASCE Kenneth E, Bland, PE. Delbert Franklin Boring, Jr, PE, MASCE Richard W. Bukowski Joseph Michael Englot, PE, MASCE Richard Alan Farthing Robert William Fitzgerald, Ph.D., PE., RASCE Edward L. Fixen John Anton Frauenhoffer, PE., MASCE Daniel F. Gemery Ram Autar Goel, PE., FASCE Jeffrey H. Greenwald, PE., M.ASCE. Robert C. Jackson, PE., M.ASCE. ‘Waseem A. Khan ACKNOWLEDGMENTS industry, education, government, design, and private practice: ‘The development of this Standard was a joint ‘effort between SEI and the Society of Fine Protection Engineers (SFPE). Although this Standard was developed through ASCE’s consensus process, SEPE contributed greatly 0 its development. Venkatesh Kumar R. Kodur, PE., RASCE Donald Howard Landis, PEE,, RASCE. Barbara Lane nT. Lie Edward F, Martella, PE, MASCE John Herbert Matthys, Ph.D., PIE., MASCE Denis John McMullan, PE., M.ASCE Joseph J. Messersmith, Jr. PE,, M.ASCI James A. Milke, PE., M.ASCE Long T. Phan Walter J. Prebis Joseph E, Saliba, Ph.D., PEE.,MASCE ‘Amal Tamim Philip C. Terry, PE., MASCE Roger H. Wildt, PE., MASCE Robert Judson Wills, PE., MASCE Peter J. Gore WillseStandard Calculation Methods for Structural Fire Protection 1.0 STANDARD CALCULATION METHODS, FOR STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION 1.1 GENERAL Building codes specify the fire resistance required for structural members and barriers in identified ‘occupancies and classifications of construction. “The fire endurance is based on the test results of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) test designation E119, “Standard test methods for fre tests of building construction and materials.” ‘As an alternative o selection of tested assemblies, this ‘Standard provides methods to calculate the fire resistance ‘of selected structural member and barrier assemblies structural steel, plain concrete, reinforced concrete, limber and wood, concrete masonry, and clay masonry. ‘These methods are intended to provide architects, engi- ncers, building officials, and others with calculation meth- ‘ods that will give the equivalent fire resistance that would have been achieved in the ASTM E119 standard fire tes SCOPE 1 The calculation methods provided in the document are intended to produce fire resistance rating times that are equivalent 10 the results obtained from the standard fire est, ASTM E119, The calculation methods of this Standard are for use as an alternative tothe laboratory test results, 122 ‘These calculation methods are applicable only to structural steel, plain concrete, reinforced concrete timber and wood, conerete masonry, and clay masonry Limitations of applicability are identified in the indi- vidual chapters that describe the methods for each of the materials that compose this Standard. 1.3 PURPOSE AND USE. 134 ‘While the fire resistance ratings calculated by the procedures specified in this Standard are equiva substitutes for the results obtained by the ASTM E119 standard fire test, they do not necessarily describe the performance for natural fires having time-temperature relationships different from ASTM E119. 13. ‘The fire resistance results obtained by calculation ‘methods are for use in building fire evaluations or for building code applications. I isthe responsibility of the user of this Standard to establish appropriate technical or regulatory use forthe results 1a. The procedures for calculating the fire resistance ratings for structural members or assemblies forthe different structural materials ane organized under the ters: Chapter 2. Standard Methods for Determini Fite Resistance of Plain and Reinforced Conerete Construction Chapter 3. Standard Methods for Determining the Fire Resistance of Timber and Wood Structural Elements Chapter 4, Standard Calculation Methods for Determining the Fire Resistance of Masonry Chapter 5, Standard Methods for Determining the Fire Resistance of Structural Steet Construction 1.4 REFERENCED STANDARDS 1.4.1 American Conerete Institute (ACD) ACI 318-95 Building Code Requirements for Structural Coneret Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures ACIS30-95/ASCE S-95/TMS 402-95 1.4.2 American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) ASTMC33-93—_Standaed Specification for Concrete Agere es MC67-94 Standard Methods of Sampling and Testing Brick tnd Structural Clay Tile ASTM CL40-95a Standard Methods of Sampling and Testing Concrete Masonry Units Standard Specification for Lightweight Aggregates for Concrete Masonry Units Standard Specification for Lightweight Aggregates lor Insulating Co (Reapproved 1991) ASTM C331-94 ASTM C332-87STANDARD CALCULATION METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION ASTM €612-93 ‘Standard Specification for Mineral Fiber Block and Board Thermal Insulation ASTM C726-93 Standard Specification for Mineral Fiber Roof Insulation Board ASTM C796-87a Standard Test Method for Foaming for Use in Producing Cellular Concrete Using Preformed Foam (Reapproved 1992) Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials ASTM E119-95a, 1.4.3 American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) NDS-91 National Design Specification for Wood Construction 1.4.4 American In Construction (AISC) ite of Steel LRED-94 Load and Resistance Factor Design Specification for Struetural Stee! Buildings 1S DEFINITIONS, Approved: Acceptable to the authority having Jurisdiction Authority having jurisdiction: The organization, political subdivision, office, or individual charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing the provisions of this 2.0 STANDARD METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE FIRE RESISTANCE, OF PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE, CONSTRUCTION 2.1 SCOPE ‘This Section describes procedures for determining the fire resistance rating of plain concrete walls and inforced concrete walls, floors, roots, beams, and columns by calculation. These provisions shall apply to concrete made with cementitious materials, aggre- ‘gates, and admixtures permitted by ACT 318, except that the specified compressive strength of coner used in the design shall not exceed 10,000 psi (69 MPa). Except where the provisions of this Chapter are more stringent, conerete members shall, comply with ACI 318, ‘These provisions shall apply to conerete slabs cast ‘on stay-in-place noncomposite steel forms where the slab is reinforced to carry all superimposed londs and the dead load of the slab. These provisions shall not apply to concrete slabs cast on stay-in-place non composite steel forms where the form is designed to carry the dead load of the slab or to composite slabs where the steel form serves as the pos 2.2 DEFINITIONS ‘Words and terms used in this Chapter shall have the following meanings: Carbonate aggregate conerete: Concrete made with aggregate consisting mainly of calcium or magnesium carbonate (e.g, limestone or dolomite) Cellular concrete: A nonstructural lightweight insulating conerete made by mixing a preformed foam with portland cement slurry and having a dry unit weight of approximately 30 Ibs per cu ft (487 kg/m’) Ceramic fiber blanket: A mineral wool insulating material made of aluminasilca fibers and having a density of 4 to 8 Ibs per cu ft (65 to 130 kg/m). Glass fiberboard: Fibrous glass roof insulation board complying with ASTM C612. Lightweight aggregate concrete: Concrete made with aggregates of expanded clay, shale slag, or slate or sintered fly ash, and having a dry unit weight of 85 to 115 Ibs per cu ft (1,362 to 1,842 kg/m ineral board: Mineral fiber root insulation board ‘complying with ASTM C726, Perlite concrete: A nonstructural lightweight insulating conerete having a dry unit weight of approximately 30 Ibs per cu ft (481 kg/m?) made by mixing perlite concrete aggregate complying with ASTM C332 with portland cement slurry Plain conerete: Conerete that does not contorm to the requirements for reinforced concrete. Reinforced conerete: Concrete reinforced with no less than the minimum amount of stel required by ACI 318, prestressed or non-prestressed, and designed ‘on the basis that the two materials aet together in resisting forces, Sand-lightweight aggregate conerete: Concrete ‘made with a combination of expanded clay, shale, slag, or slate or sintered fly ash, and natural sand, and having adry unit weight between 105 and 120 Ibs per cu ft (1,682 and 1,922 kg/m’) Siliecous aggregate concrete: Concrete made with aggregates consisting mainly of silica or compounds other than calcium or magnesium carbonate ‘Vermiculite conerete: A nonstructural light ‘weight insulating conerete having a dry unit weight‘of approximately 30 Ibs per cu ft (481 kg/m’) made by mixing vermiculite concrete aggregate complying with ASTM C332 with portland cement slurry. 2.3 CONCRETE WALLS ‘The minimum equivalent thickness of different types of plain or reinforced concrete bearing or non- bearing walls required to provide fire resistance ratings of 1 to 4 hours shall be not less than that indicated in Table 2-1. For solid walls with flat surfaces, the ness shall be the actual thickness, The ness of hollow-core walls oF of walls with surfaces that are not flat shall be determined in accordance with Sections 2.3.1 through 2.3.3, 2.3.1 Hollow-Core Panel Walls For walls constructed with precast hollow-core panels with constant core cross-section throughout their length, the equivalent thickness shall be the net cross-sectional area divided by the panel width. Where all of the core spaces are filled with grout or loose fill material, such as perlite, vermiculite, sand or expanded clay, shale, slag, or slat, the fire resistance rating of the wall shall he considered the same as that of a solid wall of the same type of concrete. 2.3.2 Flanged Wall Panels For walls constructed with flanged wall panels ‘where the flanges taper, the equivalent thickness shall be determined at a distance of two times the minimum thickness or 6 in. (152 mm), whichever is less, from the point of minimum thi 2.3.3 Ribbed or Undulating Panels ‘The equivalent thickness, 7, of panels wit ribbed or undulating surfaces shall be determined as follows: a, Where the spacing of ribs or undulations is equal to or greater than four times the minimum thickness, the equivalent thickness i thickness, b. Where the spacing of ribs or undulations is equal 1 ‘or less than two times the minimum thickness, the ‘equivalent thickness is calculated by dividing the net cross-sectional area by the pane! width. The maximum thickness used to calculate the net cross-sectional area ‘hall nt exceed to times the minimum thickness. ce. Where the spacing of ribs or undulations exceeds ‘wo times the minimum thickness but is less than four times the minimum thickness, the equivalent thickness is calculated from the following formula: 4 1o(2)-ife-0egan where 45 spacing of ribs or undulations ' minimum thickness. = equivalent thickness calculated in accordance with item b, above 2.3.4 Multiple-Wythe Walls For walls consisting of two or more wythes of differ- cent types of concrete, the fire resistance rating shall be determined in accordance with the graphical or numeri- cal solution in Sections 2.3.4.1 and 2.3.4.2, respectively, 4.1 Graphical Solution For walls consisting of two wythes of different types of concrete, the fire sistance rating shall be determined from Figure 2-1. The fine resistance rating shall be the ower of the two ratings determined by assuming that each side ofthe wall isthe fire-exposed side. 2.3.4.2 Numerical Solution For walls consisting of two or more wythes of different types of concrete, oF one or more wythes of ‘TABLE 2+1. Fire Resistance of Concrete Walls, Floors, and Roofs Minimum Equivalent Thickness for Fire Resistance Rating (hrs) Concrete Aggregate Type in Siliceous S ‘Carbonate 32 Sand-lighiweight 27 Lightweight 25 43109 S017 2187708 8140 10246 117,57 4S 66188 33 M3897 a6 sa ot 6 a0[STANDARD CALCULATION METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION Fire Exposed Wyihe Carbonate Fire Exposed Wythe Siliceous . 285176 102_127__ mm 2s S176 102127 mm 5 ans ea ok nn Ze 7 sP aia 3 s 3 102 4 102 a be 4 a3 w% ab 3 fre a6 2 ia 41 i ast \ 3 28 IF 35 : Lo aN inches tS wae tS THICKNESS OF FIRE-EXPOSED WYTHE IN INCHES Unexposed Wythe Carbonate Unexposed Wythe Siliceous: 2s si 76 02, 127_:«™ 2s st 76 102127: ™ . es ian : g die 4 five the i : ih. % a é 2 & si si 2 z 1 3g sos 1 435 2 1 1 1 1 t t e 1 2 3 4 5 inches s “THICKNESS OF FIRE-EXPOSED WYTHE OF SAND-LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE istance Ratings of Two-Wythe Concrete Walls (Sour ‘brams, M.S. and Gustaferro, A. H. (1968). “Fire endurance of two-course floors and roofs.” Portland Cement Association Research and Development Bulletin RDO48. Used with permission.) concrete and one oF more wythes of masonry, the fire resistance rating shall be determined from the formula: RLY 6g. 22) ‘Values of R9** for individual wythes of concrete f use inthe formula are obtained from Figure 2-2. Valu {or R, for masonry are obtained from Chapter 4. where 2.3.4.2.1 Sandwich Panels: The fire resistance rating Of precast conerete wall panels consisting of a layer R = fire resistance rating of assembly, minutes of foam plastic sandwiched between two wythes of Ry, Ry R,, = fire resistance rating of individual wythes, concrete shall be determined by use of Equation 2.2 ‘The R?* value for I in, (25 mm) or thicker foamASCE/SEVSFPE 29-08 wess of One Course, mm 25 31 16 102 127 20 A 1s a Zo let s SAS z ae # sl ps wee s P18 ee 2 eae) ol s s 2 sot a : 2 3 & es ° Li} [ 1 2 3 4 3 Thickness of One Course, inches FIGURE 2-2, Values of R89 for plastic for use in the equation is 2.5. The foam plastic shall be protected on both sides by not less than 1 in, (25 mm) of concrete. Foam plastic with a total thick ‘ness of less than 1 in. (25 mm) shall be disregarded, 2.3.4.2.2 Air Spaces: The fire resistance rating of ‘concrete walls incorporating an air space between two wythes of concrete shall be determined by use of | Equation 2.2. The R°” value for one 0.5 in. (13 mm) wide (0 3.5 in, (89 mm) wide air space is 3.3, The RO value for two 0.5 in. (13 mm) wide to 3.5 in, (89 mm) wide air spaces is 6.7. ifferent Types of Concrete 2.3.5 Joints between Precast Conerete Wall Panels Joints between precast concrete wall panels required to be insulated by Section 2.3.5.1 shall be insulated in accordance with Section 2.3.5.2. 2.3.5.1 Joims Required to Be Insulated ‘Where openings are not permitted or where open are requited to be protected, the provisions of Section 2.3.5.2 shall be used to determine the required thickness of joint insulation. Joints between concrete wall panels that are not insu lated as required by Section 2.3.5.2 shall be consideredSTANDARD CALCULATION METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION 102-127-152 178203 76. 4 ¢ Blanket, inches Panel Thickness 3 Inch (25mm) Maximum Regardless a ‘of Opening Rating Ceramic Fiber Blanket /| Panel Thickness =e) Joint Widkh Vinh 25 mm) join with i 102139" 150 178203 5 6 & 3 Hr| 2 Hr st a lie 7 i —)ps = a ghuweight or vig Certs rr ae wa Panel Thickness 218 inch (10m) joint with FIGURE 2-3, Ceramic Fiber Joint Poteetion (Source: Gustferr, AH, and Abrams, M. 8. (1975). “Fire tests of joints between precast conerete wall panel Effect of various joint treatments.” Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, PCI Journal 20(5), 44-64. Used with permission ‘unprotected openings. Uninsulated joints in exterior ‘walls shall be included with other openings in determi ing the percentage of unprotected openings permitted by building code provisions, Insulated joints shall not be ‘considered openings for purposes of determining com: pliance with the allowable percentage of openings. 2.3.5.2 Thickness of Insulation ‘The thickness of ceramie-fiber blanket insulation required to insulate 3/8 in, (10 mm) wide and 1 in, (25 mm) wide joints between concrete wall panels to maintain fire resistance ratings of 1 to 4 hours shall be in accordance with Figure 2-3, For joint widths between 3/8 in. (10mm) and 1 in. (25 mm), the thickness of insulation shall be determined by direct interpolation. Other joint treatments shall not be used unless they are determined to maintain the required fire resistance and are approved. 6 2.3.6 Walls with Gypsum Wallboard or Plaster Finishes The fire resistance rating of castin-place or precas ‘concrete walls with finishes of gypsum wallboard or plaster applied to one or both sides of the wall shall b determined in accordance with this Section 2.3.6.1 Calculation for Non-Fire-Exposed Side ‘Where the finish of gypsum wallboard or plaster i applied to the non-fire-exposed side of the wall, the fire resistance rating of the entire assembly shall be determined as follows. ‘The thickness of the finish shal be adjusted by multiplying the actual thickness of the finish by the applicable factor from Table 2-2 based of the type of aggregate in the concrete, The adjusted fin ish thickness shall be added to the actual thickness ot equivalent thickness of concrete and the fire resistance rating of the concrete, including finish, determined from Table 2-1, Figure 2-1, or Figure 2-2.