ASTM E1592 WIND UPLIFT TESTING FOR STRUCTURAL STANDING SEAM ROOF PANELS




DEFINITIONS AND TERMS RELATING TO WIND FLOW ACROSS BUILDING ROOF SURFACES

CRITICAL WIND INFLUENCES ON METAL ROOF SYSTEMS
a.WIND UPLIFT PRESSURES
b.DOWNWARD NORMALIZED PRESSURES

REAL WORLD ROOF PANEL BEHAVIOR RELATIVE TO WIND-INDUCED UPLIFT
a.INVERSE ELASIC CURVE BEHAVIOR
b.PANEL FLEXURAL BUCKLING
c.SIDEJOINT DISENGAGEMENT
d.CLIP HOOK UNWIND
e.CLIP ASSEMBLY DISTRESS
f. CLIP-TO-PURLIN FASTENER FAILURE
1.CLIP BASE YIELDING OR DISTRESS
2.CLIP BASE/FASTENER HEAD - PULL-OVER
3.CLIP BASE/FASTENER HEAD - PEEL-OVER
4.SCREW PULL-OUT

DEFINITION OF ASTM E1592 CHAMBER CONSTRUCTION

DEFINITION OF ASTM E1592 INSTRUMENTATION
a.PRESSURE SOURCE
b.HYSTERISIS-TYPE PRESSURE APPLICATION
c.DEFLECTION MONITORING
d.DATA COLLECTION
e.OBSERVATION REPORTING   

DEFINITION OF PROPER TEST SPECIMEN MODELING
a.PANEL END CONDITIONS
b.PANEL EDGE CONDITIONS
c.VISQUEEN PLACEMENT
d.PANEL SPANS
e.NUMBER OF PANELS TO CONSIDER
f. TWO (2) TEST PROCEDURES BASED ON ……. 
1.1 @ MAXIMUM IN-SERVICE SPAN EXPECTED
                 2.   1 @ LEAST IN-SERVICE SPAN EXPECTED


TEST OBSERVATIONS TO EXPECT DURING AND AT PANEL SYSTEM FAILURE
a.ELASTIC BEAM-TYPE DEFLECTION OF PANELS
b.BROAD-FLAT OUT-OF-PLANE NODE DEVELOPMENT
c.CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE DISTORTION
d.SIDEJOINT ROTATION
e.SIDEJOINT DISENGAGEMENT
f. PANEL BUCKLING
g.PANEL CLIP WITHDRAWL

INTERPRETATION OF PANEL FAILURE VALUE
a.DETERMINE ULTIMATE STRENGTH BASED ON FAILURE MODE
1.AT MAXIMUM SPAN
2.AT MINIMUM SPAN
3.CREATE ALLOWABLE UPLIFT VALUES BY APPLYING A  FACTOR-OF-SAFETY (LOAD FACTOR) TO TEST-ESTABLISHED    ULTIMATE STRENGTH VALUES
4.CONSTRUCT A LOAD/SPAN CHART OF INCREMENTAL VALUES BETWEEN LOAD-FACTORED MAX AND MIN ALLOWABLE UPLIFT VALUES USING LINEAR INTERPOLATION TECHNIQUES