- Author
- Mathey, R. G. | Reichard, T. W.
- Title
- Performance Testing of Exterior Walls: Structural Properties.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS BSS 001, January 1970,
- Book or Conf
- National Bureau of Standards. Performance of Buildings - Concept and Measurement. Proceedings of the 1st Conference in a Series of Conferences on Man and His Shelter. September 23-25, 1968, Gaithersburg, MD, Walton, W. W.; Cadoff, B. C., Editors, 77-84 p., 1970
- Keywords
- building design | housing | planning | performance evaluation | walls | tests | fire behavior | masonry
- Identifiers
- structural properties
- Abstract
- Earlier during the conference there was considerable discussion of the different terms related to the performance concept of buildings; terms such as performance criteria, performance standards, performance codes, performance requirements, performance limits, and performance characteristics. With regard to the testing of exterior walls and with particular attention to their structural properties, the term performance characteristics is the most significant of those related to the performance concept. The reason for this significance is that in testing exterior walls the primary objective is to measure the behaivor characteristics or performance of the walls under anticipated service conditons.