This paper presents the parameters that guide the design of laboratory equipment to evaluate slabs and beams, in full-scale load, and in fire. Parameters of interest such as the internal dimensions, rate of temperature rise according to the time, infrastructure for installation of equipment, among others, are evaluated based on national and international standards. In the end, it is hoped that this report about the exercise of design and construction of the first horizontal Brazilian furnace encourage the future construction of this kind of equipment, helping national and international researchers in the area to start a similar, and arduous, task.
Fire; horizontal furnace; laboratory; infrastructure
