Wind load resistance of modified bituminous roofing systems

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 471-480

  Chen, Y ^a   Baskaran, A ^a   Lei, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic testing; Modified bituminous; Wind loads

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; DYNAMIC LOADS; MECHANICAL TESTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND LOAD RESISTANCE;

ROOFS;

EID: 0032312231     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(98)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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