- Author
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Phillips, C. W.
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Peavy, B. A.
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Kuklewicz, M. E.
- Title
- Air Leakage and Thermal Performance of a Mark III Relocatable Lewis Building. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Port Hueneme, CA
- Report
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NBSIR 76-1178,
December 1976,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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military facilities; portable equipment; buildings; gust loads; honeycomb structures; air flow; heat transfer; prefabrication; naval research
- Identifiers
- naval shore establishments; mark 3 relocatable buildings
- Abstract
- This report presents the findings of air leakage and heat transfer tests of a Mark 3 relocatable building at the National Bureau of Standards, Building Environment Division, for the U.S. Department of the Navy. Quantitative and qualitative (smoke trace) air leakage tests with the building pressurized, and the heat transfer test, were performed with the building erected in an environmental laboratory. The quantitative air leakage tests were performed in two phases. One was with the building racked to simulate a wind load and the other was without racking. The building was of prefabricated honeycomb panel construction using aluminum skins. Included are photographs of the building and test equipment and tables and charts showing the magnitude of air leaks at the windows and doors. Racking had negligible effect on the air leakage rate.