Property
Freeze Resistance / Insulation Requirement v1.0
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Definition
The mandatory thermal wrapping thickness or active heating threshold required to prevent the catastrophic hydrostatic expansion of liquids transitioning to solid ice within a conduit.
Description
Essential for guaranteeing the uninterrupted operation and burst-prevention of exterior municipal plumbing and exposed industrial chiller loops.
Example
Freeze-proof design (self-draining)
Technical definition
Data type
Boolean
Usage
Property groups (1)
References
Reference documents (2)
- EN 1991-1-3 Eurocode 1 Snow Loads v1.0
- EN 206 Concrete Specification Performance v1.0