scope:

Specifies the criteria which windows, doors and shutters shall satisfy to achieve a classification when submitted to the test method. Concerns a method of test against blast waves generated bu using a shock tube facility to simulate a high explosive detonation in the order of 100 kg to 2500 kg TNT at distances from about 35 m to 50 m. Is applicable to blast overpressure generated in a shock tube test facility used to simulate a high explosive detonation on windows, doors and shutters, complete with their frames and infills, for use in both internal and external locations in buildings. It gives no information on the explosion resistance capacity of the wall or other surrounding structure.