Standard Test Method for Determining Air Flow Through the Face and Sides of Exterior Windows, Curtain Walls, and Doors Under Specified Pressure Differences Across the Specimen

Importancia y uso:

5.1 This test method is a standard procedure for determining the air flow characteristics of various components of the window system under specified air pressure differences at ambient conditions.

Note 3: The air pressure differences acting across a building envelope vary greatly. The factors affecting air pressure differences and the implications or the resulting air leakage relative to the environment within buildings are discussed in the literature.4 ^,5^,6 These factors should be fully considered in specifying the test pressure differences to be used.

5.2 Rates of air leakage are sometimes used for comparison purposes. Such comparisons may not be valid unless the components being tested and compared are of essentially the same size, configuration, and design.

Subcomité:

E06.51

Referida por:

E2813-24

Volúmen:

04.12

Número ICS:

91.060.50 (Doors and windows)

Palabras clave:

air leakage; curtain walls; doors; fenestration; laboratory method; static pressure chamber; windows;