You were then told that the whole structure will be left exposed and unprotected from all sides. Given a 1 hr fire rating requirement and a char rate of the wood at (0.025 in/min, What is the minimum thickness of wood that will chars? Value in Inches what would be the new nominal cross section (NDS Table or link below) Nominal cross sections

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You were then told that the whole structure will be left exposed and unprotected
from all sides.
Given a 1 hr fire rating requirement and a char rate of the wood at (0.025 in/min,
What is the minimum thickness of wood that will chars? Value in inches
what would be the new nominal cross section (NDS Table or link below)
Nominal cross sections
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