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Author
Underwriters Laboratories, Incorporated
Title
Wind-Uplift Resistance of Steel Roof Panels in a Roof Deck Construction. Pascoe Steel Corporation, Columbus, Georgia.
Coporate
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Northbrook, IL
Report
File R5618-3; Assignment 70NK5804, March 24, 1971, 18 p.
Keywords
steels | roofs | construction | insulation | fasteners | sealants
Identifiers
support angles; clip angles; purlin; roof panels; flashing angles; end closures
Abstract
The subject of this Report is a roof deck assembly consisting of steel roof deck units over glass fiber blanket insulation attached to a steel purlin with steel fasteners. The object of the investigation was to establish by test, a wind-uplift classification for the roof deck assembly described in this report. The test was conducted in accordance with the test method described in the Bulletin of Research No. 52 of Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., entitled "Development of Apparatus and Test Method for Determining Wind-Uplift Resistance of Roof Assemblies."