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Wind and Structures
  Volume 17, Number 2, August 2013 , pages 185-202
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/was.2013.17.2.185
 


Roof tile frangibility and puncture of metal window shutters
Sylvia T. Laboy-Rodriguez, Daniel Smith, Kurtis R. Gurley and Forrest J. Masters

 
Abstract
    The goal of this study was to investigate the vulnerability of roof tile systems and metal shutters to roof tile debris. Three phases addressed the performance of tile roof systems and metal shutters impacted by roof tile debris. The first phase experimentally evaluated the tile fragment size and quantity generated by a tile striking a tile roof system. The second phase experimentally quantified the puncture vulnerability of common metal panel shutter systems as a function of tile fragment impact speed. The third phase provided context for interpretation of the experimental results through the use of a tile trajectory model. The results provide supporting evidence that while metal panel window shutters provide significant protection against a prevalent form of windborne debris, these systems are vulnerable to tile fragment puncture in design level tropical cyclones. These findings correlate with field observations made after Hurricane Charley (2004).
 
Key Words
    windborne debris; missile impact; roof tiles; window shutters; puncture
 
Address
Sylvia T. Laboy-Rodriguez, Daniel Smith, Kurtis R. Gurley and Forrest J. Masters : Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, USA
 

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