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Description
This report remains the most authorative single document on glazing gaskets. It covers all of the common gasket materials and all of the different gasket types.
The report is a review of current issues and technology relating to the design and performance of gaskets in window and cladding systems. It is based on a review all aspects of gasket performance and use, including formal interviews and informal discussions with gasket producers and users. It includes a survey of existing literature and the results of a simple experimental study in to the mechanical behaviour of some typical gaskets.
This report is relevant to anyone involved in the design and specification of joints and gaskets.
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Contents
Glossary, Joints and the physics of fluid flow, Properties of gasket materials, Properties of gaskets, Manufacture, Installation and replacement, Joint and gasket design, Performance requirements.
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