E1481 Railing Systems Terminology
Things about ASTM-E1481: Standard terminology of railing systems and rails for buildings. 1.1 This terminology consists of terms and definitions pertaining to railing systems and rails for buildings, and in particular, terms related to the standards generated by ASTM Committee E-6 on Performance of Building Constructions. 1.2 The purpose of this terminology is to provide […]
E1425 Window Door Acoustical Performance Standard
Things about ASTM-E1425-91: Standard practice for determining the acoustical performance of exterior windows and doors. 1.1 This practice establishes requirements for testing and rating acoustical performance of exterior windows and doors, regardless of their method or materials of manufacture. 1.1.1 Air leakage and operating force are integral elements of acoustical performance of exterior windows and […]
E1423 Fenestration Thermal Transmittance Standard
Things about ASTM-E1423-14: Standard practice for determining steady-state thermal transmittance of fenestration systems. 1.1 This practice covers standard test specimen sizes and test conditions as well as the calculation and presentation of the thermal transmittance and conductance data measured in accordance with Test Method C1199. The standard sizes and conditions are to be used for […]
E1410 Building Energy Evaluation Standard
Things about ASTM-E1410-91: Standard practice for specifying data for evaluation of energy used in residential buildings. 1.1 This practice is applicable to the measurement of energy used for space conditioning and domestic water heating in both single and multifamily buildings. It is intended to assist those who design test methods for field monitoring projects. It […]
E1332 Sound Attenuation Standard
Things about ASTM-E1332-10a: Standard classification for rating 1.1 The purpose of this classification is to provide a method to calculate single-number ratings that can be used for assessing the isolation for the outdoor sound provided by a building or comparing building facade specimens including walls, doors, windows, and combinations thereof, including complete struc- tures. These […]
E1300 Glass Load Resistance Standard
Things about ASTM-E1300: Standard practice for determining load resistance of glass in buildings. 1.1 This practice describes procedures to determine the load resistance of specified glass types, including combinations of glass types used in a sealed insulating glass unit, exposed to a uniform lateral load of short or long duration, for a specified probability of […]
E1233 Window Door Performance Test Method
Things about ASTM-E1233-00: Standard test method for structural performance of exterior windows, curtain walls, and doors by cyclic air pressure differential. 1.1 This test method describes the determination of the structural performance of exterior windows, curtain walls, and doors under cyclic air pressure differential, using a test chamber. This test method is applicable to all […]
E1105 Water Penetration Test Method
Things about ASTM-E1105-00: Standard test method for field determination of water penetration of installed exterior windows, skylights, doors, and curtain walls, by uniform or cyclic static air pressure difference. 1.1 This test method covers the determination of the resistance of installed exterior windows, curtain walls, skylights, and doors to water penetration when water is applied […]
E998 Glass Performance Test Method
Things about ASTM-E998-12: Standard test method for structural performance of glass in windows, curtain walls and doors under the influence of uniform static loads by nondestructive method. 1.1 This test method is a nondestructive test procedure to establish the nature of stresses induced in glass subjected to uniform static loads. A procedure is provided for […]
E997 Glass Breakage Probability Test Method
Things about ASTM-E997: Standard test method for evaluating glass breakage probability under the influence of uniform static loads by proof load testing. 1.1 This proof load test method is a procedure to determine, with a 90 % confidence level, if the probability of breakage under design loads for a given population of glass specimens is […]