000150207 001__ 150207 000150207 005__ 20250131163450.0 000150207 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1080/09613218.2013.774936 000150207 0248_ $$2sideral$$a81839 000150207 037__ $$aART-2013-81839 000150207 041__ $$aeng 000150207 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-4278-6622$$aPérez-Bella, J. M.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000150207 245__ $$aA new method for determining the water tightness of building facades 000150207 260__ $$c2013 000150207 5203_ $$aWind-driven rain and wind pressure are two fundamental climatic parameters affecting the penetration of water through building facades. Water tightness tests attempt to reproduce exposure extremes in order to evaluate the resistance to the passage of water through a facade. However, the exposure conditions for a given return period in a real situation can vary with each location and operating condition. Therefore, standardized test conditions may not be representative of all actual exposure conditions, which prevent a precise evaluation of the facade's performance under operating conditions that differ from test settings. A key challenge for water tightness tests is creating a correlation between standard exposure parameters used in testing and any actual exposure conditions. To address this concern, a new method is proposed that determines the return period associated with the tested exposure for the operating conditions of each facade. The new method is used to assess the adequacy of standardized test exposures (specified by EN 12865:2001 for European localities) on a specific facade at a site in Spain. The method estimates more rigorously the design return period related to water tightness performance of any facade and allows for an improvement of its design using the standardized test results. 000150207 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/BIA2012-31609 000150207 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000150207 590__ $$a1.319$$b2013 000150207 591__ $$aCONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY$$b19 / 58 = 0.328$$c2013$$dQ2$$eT1 000150207 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000150207 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-3776-9791$$aDomínguez-Hernández, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000150207 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5215-7112$$aRodríguez-Soria, B.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000150207 700__ $$aDel Coz-Díaz, J. J. 000150207 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5137-2478$$aCano-Suñén, E.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000150207 7102_ $$15004$$2510$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ingeniería Mecánica$$cArea Ingeniería Construcción 000150207 773__ $$g41, 4 (2013), 401-414$$pBuild. res. inf.$$tBUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION$$x0961-3218 000150207 8564_ $$s1029956$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/150207/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000150207 8564_ $$s1352579$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/150207/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000150207 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:150207$$particulos$$pdriver 000150207 951__ $$a2025-01-31-16:01:37 000150207 980__ $$aARTICLE