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Proposed method for calculating water penetration test parameters of wall assemblies as applied to Istanbul, Turkey

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.03.009
AuthorSearch for: ; Search for: 1ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7640-3701
Affiliation
  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
FormatText, Article
Subjectdriving rain; building envelope; test parameters; watertightness; water penetration; water leakage; Walls
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to propose a method for calculating water penetration test parameters. A survey of existing methods is first provided that focuses on the quantification of driving rain on buildingsand thereafter, calculation of water penetration test parameters. The merits and drawbacks of these methods are then discussed. Based on this review, a method for calculating test parameters is proposed and is applied to developing water penetration test parameters for Istanbul, Turkey.
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  • Building and Environment 43, no. 7 (1 July 2008): 1250–1260.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 42060
NRC-IRC-18452
NPARC number20326920
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