Two-story mock-up test for Kossman Development Co.
- for Omega Corporate Center, tested by Farabaugh Engineering and Testing Inc. Turtle Creek, PA, 22 Feb. 1999
o :
TingWall™ performance at 6.24 psf: 0.008 cfm/sqft
- < 14% of allowable
o TingWallTM performance at 12 psf :
0.01 cfm/sqft - Significantly outperformed industry
standards
o :
Test pressure emulates the effects of high wind
and water volume equivalent to 8 inches per hour
rainfall.
o Test Pressure required :
20% of positive design wind
load with minimum 6.24psf and
maximum of 12 psf,
duration 15 minutes.
(Omega's positive design wind load = 20 psf; 20%
= 4 psf, test uses 6.24 psf)
o TingWallTM performance : NO LEAKAGE
o
o Additional 15 minutes at 20psf,
which is equivalent to 100 psf design wind load
or 198 mph wind
(far beyond test requirements)
- NO LEAKAGE
o Intentional creation of imperfect seals, additional 15 min-utes at 20 psf : NO LEAKAGE
o Repeat tests during 1999 at Farabaugh Engineering and Testing Inc.
o ASTM E330 Structural Load Test
o Test pressure 40psf positive and 40psf negative
- 3/7, 3/25, 3/31, 4/19, 6/22, 7/1, 7/16, 7/21:
No visual permanent deformations of panel
o Structural Seismic Test :
side sway = L/100 for three cycles, repeated 3/25,
3/31, 4/19, 6/22, 7/1, 7/16, 7/21:
No measur-able displacement and no leakage when
water test repeated
o ASTM E331 with intentional cre-ation of imperfect seal
- 12psf for 15 minutes: 3/7, 3/25, 3/31, 7/1,
7/16, 7/21;
15.7psf for 15 minutes on 4/19, and 12 psf for
25minutes 6/22. NO LEAKAGE
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