5. Safety, impact, spandrel height
There are numerous standards and texts on the subject of life-safety
impacts in the building industry; one standard in particular concerns
facades: NF P 08-302. Not to be confused with the double-tire test
defined in product standard NF EN 13830, which characterizes facade
strength and has nothing to do with personal safety.
This standard defines the shock bodies to be used for the tests
and the method :
hard body impact: a steel ball weighing 500 g (D 0.5) or
1 kg (D 1). This is, for example, what corresponds to a kick through
a pane of glass;
impact of small soft bodies: spherical bag φ of 100 mm of
3 kg (M3). This is, for example, what corresponds...
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