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Table 2 Sliding angles for the empty Perspex cell on all roof materials used in the sliding tests and for the Perspex cell with 10 cm thickness of pumice on the corrugated sheets. For corrugated sheets, angles were measured with the cell placed over the ridges and over the troughs. In each case, 3 tests were performed

From: Laboratory tests to understand tephra sliding behaviour on roofs

Roofing material

Cell over ridge or trough

Mean empty cell sliding angle (°)

Mean sliding angle (°) with 10 cm thickness of pumice

Fibre cement

Ridge

24

32

Fibre cement

Trough

21

32

Metal sheet

Ridge

19

26

Metal sheet

Trough

13

27

Tile (no PTFE tape)

N/A

32

 

Tile (with PTFE tape)

N/A

24