Abstract
Year in and year out, roofs are damaged by windstorms, gales, squalls, hurricanes & tornadoes. These wind factors cause roof components to separate and blow off. They can also blow aggregate off the roof, causing further damage by breaking glass in neighboring structures and injurying bystanders. The threat of havy losses has prompted code groups, insurance industry, building material manufacturers and contractors to search for the causes of wind uplift failures.
Year in and year out, roofs are damaged by windstorms, gales, squalls, hurricanes & tornadoes. These wind factors cause roof components to separate and blow off. They can also blow aggregate off the roof, causing further damage by breaking glass in neighboring structures and injurying bystanders. The threat of havy losses has prompted code groups, insurance industry, building material manufacturers and contractors to search for the causes of wind uplift failures.
Date
4/1986
4/1986
Author(s)
Bob LaCosse
Bob LaCosse
Page(s)
49-50
49-50
Keyword(s)
wind damage; blow off; wind uplift;
wind damage; blow off; wind uplift;