Wind load resistance of heat-welded seams in polymer-modified bituminous roofing membranes

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-168

  Oba, Koichi ^a   Björk, Folke ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flat roof; Seam; Wind load resistance

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COPOLYMERS; FRACTURE; MATERIALS TESTING; PEELING; POLYPROPYLENES; SEAM WELDING; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESSES; WIND EFFECTS;

ATACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; FLAT ROOF; HEAT WELDED SEAMS; PRESSURE ROLLER WEIGHT; WELDING SPEED; WIND LOAD RESISTANCE;

ROOFS;

EID: 0030108814     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-0618(95)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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