Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • Overall definition
  • Fabric expansion joints
  • Focus of this document
  • Background to environmental legislation
• 2. Definition of the products and technology
  • Industry applications
  • Expansion joint technology
• 3. Expansion joint construction and configuration
  • Construction
  • Major configurations
• 4. Expansion joint components
  • Major components
  • Other key components
• 5. Design and selection criteria
  • Ambient conditions
  • Bolting guidelines for bolted expansion joints
  • Dust loading and velocity
  • Finite element analysis
  • Leakage
  • Moisture content, condensation and washing
  • Movement
  • Noise
  • Pressure
  • Temperature
  • Tolerances
• 6. Materials
  • Testing of materials
• 7. Health and safety
• 8. Transportation, storage, handling for installation and afterwards
• 9. Quality assurance
  • Identification and control of materials
  • Drawing and document control
  • Manufacturing processes control
  • Testing, inspection and documentation
  • Final inspection and preparation for delivery
• 10. Warranties and liabilities
• 11. Flue-gas and nekal tightness
  • Flue-gas tight fabric expansion joints
  • Nekal-tight fabric expansion joints
• 12. Glossary of terms
• 13. Conversion factors
  • SI units
  • Multiples of SI units
  • Units of common usage in expansion joint terminology
  • Conversion factors (SI units)
• 14. References