<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_3a2182a1-640c-46b4-80c5-e0874927cac6" outputclass="ncc-clause"><sptc>S1C3</sptc><title id="_1df8c2c7-00f9-4829-8125-82c60e428c48">FRLs determined by calculation</title><archive-num>2019: Sch. 5: 3</archive-num><subclause id="_103044a8-f432-4b41-99e1-72d4171f835d" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_44854b08-ee27-4312-b44e-3f347cc62cf7">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>If the FRL of a building element is determined by calculation based on a tested prototype—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_320887c2-2c8f-4a78-927d-2d4249ace868">the building element may vary from the prototype in relation to—<ol><li>length and height if it is a wall; and</li><li>height if it is a column; and</li><li>span if it is a floor, roof or beam; and</li><li>conditions of support; and</li><li>to a minor degree, cross-section and components; and</li></ol></li><li id="_c01977fe-f13c-4e0c-b748-f7f25cb190e9">the report must demonstrate by calculation that the building element would achieve the FRL if it is subjected to the regime of the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1480_0.4.0.xml#_75714f9c-ff9b-4e9d-9705-7ed3522e2004" id="_6becbee7-da37-48af-871a-954d1aec798a" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Standard Fire Test</xref> in relation to—<ol><li><xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1484_27.0.0.xml#_506ca3a8-3ffe-4b1b-93db-37266ae1fedb" id="_fa5069df-6548-4f43-8bee-4684dca728e1" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">structural adequacy</xref> (including deflection); and</li><li><xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1351_0.4.0.xml#_4f47ab4d-35df-47b0-ba07-b167e4a56bd0" id="_c5fbc9ae-32a3-4a12-9e34-3f9f126c7543" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">integrity</xref>; and</li><li><xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1350_0.5.0.xml#_b82f78d0-4656-4aa6-a223-7e52301ea308" id="_8ae66883-fc26-4c5d-bf1c-e9bce22d9468" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">insulation</xref>; and</li></ol></li><li id="_8a20a256-d5eb-4d81-9b07-1b9b41614d5a">the calculations must take into account—<ol><li>the temperature reached by the components of the prototype and their effects on strength and modulus of elasticity; and</li><li>appropriate features of the building element such as support, restraint, cross-sectional shape, length, height, span, slenderness ratio, reinforcement, ratio of surface area to mass per unit length, and fire protection; and</li><li>features of the prototype that influenced its performance in the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1480_0.4.0.xml#_75714f9c-ff9b-4e9d-9705-7ed3522e2004" id="_6fb19849-403f-45a3-ab8e-693f1bf145bb" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Standard Fire Test</xref> although these features may not have been taken into account in the design for dead and live load; and</li><li>features of the conditions of test, the manner of support and the position of the prototype during the test, that might not be reproduced in the building element if it is exposed to fire; and</li><li>the design load of the building element in comparison with the tested prototype.</li></ol></li></ol></subclause></clause>