ASTM E1592 WIND UPLIFT TESTING FOR STRUCTURAL STANDING SEAM ROOF PANELS
DEFINITIONS AND TERMS RELATING TO WIND FLOW ACROSS BUILDING ROOF SURFACES
CRITICAL WIND INFLUENCES ON METAL ROOF SYSTEMS
a.
WIND UPLIFT PRESSURES
b.
DOWNWARD NORMALIZED PRESSURES
REAL WORLD ROOF PANEL BEHAVIOR RELATIVE TO WIND-INDUCED UPLIFT
a.
INVERSE ELASIC CURVE BEHAVIOR
b.
PANEL FLEXURAL BUCKLING
c.
SIDEJOINT DISENGAGEMENT
d.
CLIP HOOK UNWIND
e.
CLIP ASSEMBLY DISTRESS
f.
CLIP-TO-PURLIN FASTENER FAILURE
1.
CLIP BASE YIELDING OR DISTRESS
2.
CLIP BASE/FASTENER HEAD - PULL-OVER
3.
CLIP BASE/FASTENER HEAD - PEEL-OVER
4.
SCREW PULL-OUT
DEFINITION OF ASTM E1592 CHAMBER CONSTRUCTION
DEFINITION OF ASTM E1592 INSTRUMENTATION
a.
PRESSURE SOURCE
b.
HYSTERISIS-TYPE PRESSURE APPLICATION
c.
DEFLECTION MONITORING
d.
DATA COLLECTION
e.
OBSERVATION REPORTING
DEFINITION OF PROPER TEST SPECIMEN MODELING
a.
PANEL END CONDITIONS
b.
PANEL EDGE CONDITIONS
c.
VISQUEEN PLACEMENT
d.
PANEL SPANS
e.
NUMBER OF PANELS TO CONSIDER
f.
TWO (2) TEST PROCEDURES BASED ON …….
1.
1 @ MAXIMUM IN-SERVICE SPAN EXPECTED
2. 1 @ LEAST IN-SERVICE SPAN EXPECTED
TEST OBSERVATIONS TO EXPECT DURING AND AT PANEL SYSTEM FAILURE
a.
ELASTIC BEAM-TYPE DEFLECTION OF PANELS
b.
BROAD-FLAT OUT-OF-PLANE NODE DEVELOPMENT
c.
CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE DISTORTION
d.
SIDEJOINT ROTATION
e.
SIDEJOINT DISENGAGEMENT
f.
PANEL BUCKLING
g.
PANEL CLIP WITHDRAWL
INTERPRETATION OF PANEL FAILURE VALUE
a.
DETERMINE ULTIMATE STRENGTH BASED ON FAILURE MODE
1.
AT MAXIMUM SPAN
2.
AT MINIMUM SPAN
3.
CREATE ALLOWABLE UPLIFT VALUES BY APPLYING A FACTOR-OF-SAFETY (LOAD FACTOR) TO TEST-ESTABLISHED ULTIMATE STRENGTH VALUES
4.
CONSTRUCT A LOAD/SPAN CHART OF INCREMENTAL VALUES BETWEEN LOAD-FACTORED MAX AND MIN ALLOWABLE UPLIFT VALUES USING LINEAR INTERPOLATION TECHNIQUES