WIND-INDUCED LOADS ON METAL EDGE FLASHINGS

This paper reports the results of wind-tunnel and full-scale measureme nts of wind pressure on metal edge flashings. The wind-tunnel tests pr ovide useful information on failure mechanisms of the hashing-cleat sy stem. The wind pressure data collected at the Texas Tech University Wi nd Engineering Research Field Laboratory (WERFL) building represent th e effects of the natural wind. Finite element analyses using pressure data from the full-scale tests calculate stresses at critical sections of the edge flashing and pull-out forces on the fasteners. The result s suggest outward acting fastener pull-out forces, even when the wind is blowing toward the face of the edge flashing (windward wind).