Standard Test Method for Water Immersion and Drying for Evaluation of Flood Damage Resistance

Importancia y uso:

5.1 This test method establishes water immersion, drying, and cleaning procedures to be used when determining whether building materials noted in 1.1 are flood damage resistant for applications that comply with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) (44 CFR § 60.3(a)(3)).

5.2 This test method exposes the test specimen to water immersion and drying conditions to simulate the effects of wetting and subsequent drying that occurs with a flood event. The wetting and drying exposure is followed by surface cleaning. This test method provides a measure of how test specimens may respond to water immersion, subsequent drying, and cleaning that occur with flood events.

5.3 This test method is useful for determining water absorption characteristics of different test specimens in terms of percent increase in test specimen weight, their drying characteristics in terms of elapsed time to dry to equilibrium weight, and changes in physical appearance following water immersion and surface cleaning.

5.4 This test method is useful in comparing the water absorption characteristics of different test specimens, their drying characteristics, and changes in physical appearance following water immersion and surface cleaning. This test method is also useful in comparing test specimen physical dimensions before water immersion, immediately following removal from water immersion, after drying, and after cleaning.

5.5 The ability to directly compare test results will vary by many factors including test specimen size and whether test specimens are individual building materials or composite assemblies of building materials.

Subcomité:

E06.25

Referida por:

E3369-24

Volúmen:

04.12

Número ICS:

91.100.01 (Construction materials in general), 93.140 (Construction of waterways, ports and dykes)

Palabras clave:

Federal Emergency Management Agency; FEMA; flood damage resistance; flooding; National Flood Insurance Program; NFIP;