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.