Water penetration resistance of residential window installation options for hurricane-prone areas

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1373-1388

  Salzano, C T ^a   Masters, F J ^a   Katsaros, J D ^b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b DuPont Building Innovations ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Fenestration; Hurricane; Installation; Water intrusion; Wind driven rain

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; CURRENT CONSTRUCTION; CYCLONE; DRAINAGE INSTALLATIONS; DRAINAGE METHODS; INSTALLATION METHODS; MASONRY WALLS; PRESSURE LOAD; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; WALL ASSEMBLY; WALL SYSTEMS; WATER BARRIERS; WATER INGRESS; WATER INTRUSIONS; WATER PENETRATION; WIND-DRIVEN RAIN; WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION;

BUILDING CODES; DRAINAGE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HURRICANE RESISTANCE; HURRICANES; INSTALLATION; RAIN; STORMS; WINDOWS; WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING CODE; CYCLONE; DRAINAGE; HURRICANE; INSTALLATION; MASONRY; SIMULATION;

BUILDINGS; DRAINAGE; FRACTURE; INSTALLATION; RAIN; WALLS; WIND; WOOD;

EID: 76149132951     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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