prEN 13124-2

Windows, doors, shutters and curtain walling - Explosion resistance - Test method - Part 2: Arena test

This document specifies a conventional test procedure to permit classification of the explosion resistance of windows, doors, shutters, together with their infills, as well as curtain walling elements.
This document concerns a method of test against blast waves produced by high explosives in an arena test. The loading categories are defined by pressure and impulse parameters and represent free-field high explosive events caused by:
-   3 kg to 20 kg (TNT equivalent) at stand-off distances from 3 m to 9 m, described by the fixed loading levels PXR 1 to PXR 7;
-   100 kg to 500 kg (TNT equivalent) at stand-off distances from about 15 m to 30 m, described by the fixed loading levels VXR 1 to VXR 7.
It produces a classification according to prEN 13123-2:2023.
Scenarios characterized by specified blast parameters for other high explosive scenarios, can also be specified.
Blast loads which cannot be produced in an arena test might be produced by a shock tube test following prEN 13123-1:2022 and prEN 13124-1:2022.
This document is applicable to blast waves generated by explosions in an arena test facility to produce high explosive blast loads on windows, doors and shutters as well as curtain walling systems, complete with their frames, infills and fixings, 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.
This document covers only the behaviour of the complete test specimen including infill, frame and fixings as tested. It gives no information on the ability of the surrounding wall or building structure to resist the direct or transmitted forces.
If the windows, doors, shutters and curtain walling components are intended for specific conditions of climate, specific test conditions can be required.
Requirements for the performance of opening and locking mechanisms or for testing in an open condition can also be specified. It gives no information on the behaviour of the test specimens subjected to other types of loading.

Fenster, Türen, Abschlüsse und Vorhangfassaden - Sprengwirkungshemmung - Prüfverfahren - Teil 2: Freilandversuch

Dieses Dokument legt ein Prüfverfahren zur Klassifizierung der Sprengwirkungshemmung von Fenstern, Türen und Abschlüssen einschließlich deren Füllungen sowie Vorhangfassadenelementen fest.
Dieses Dokument befasst sich mit einem Prüfverfahren gegen mit hochexplosiven Sprengmitteln in einem Freilandversuch erzeugte Detonationswellen. Die Belastungskategorien sind durch Druck- und Impuls-parameter definiert und stellen hochexplosive Ereignisse im freien Feld dar, die durch
-   3 kg bis 20 kg (TNT Äquivalent) in einem Abstand von 3 m bis 9 m verursacht werden, beschrieben durch die festen Belastungsstufen PXR 1 bis PXR 7,
-   100 kg bis 500 kg (TNT Äquivalent) in einem Abstand von etwa 15 m bis 30 m verursacht werden, beschrieben durch die festen Belastungsstufen VXR 1 bis VXR 7.
Es erstellt eine Klassifizierung nach prEN 13123-2:2023.
Szenarien, die durch bestimmte Explosionsparameter für andere hochexplosive Szenarien gekennzeichnet sind, können ebenfalls angegeben werden.
Detonationsbelastungen, die nicht in einem Freilandversuch erzeugt werden können, könnten durch eine Stoßrohrprüfung nach prEN 13123-1:2022 und prEN 13124-1:2022 erzeugt werden.
Dieses Dokument kann für Detonationswellen angewendet werden, die durch Explosionen in einer Freilandversuchsanlage erzeugt werden, um die Auswirkungen von hohen Explosionsbelastungen auf Fenster, Türen, Abschlüsse und Vorhangfassadensysteme, einschließlich deren Rahmen, Füllungen und Befestigungen für den Einbau im Innenbereich und Außenbereich von Gebäuden nachzuahmen. Es gibt keinen Aufschluss über die Sprengwirkungshemmung der umgebenden Wand oder sonstigen Gebäudekonstruktion.
Dieses Dokument betrifft nur das Verhalten des vollständigen Prüfkörpers einschließlich deren Füllung, Rahmen und Befestigungen, entsprechend der Prüfung. Diese Norm gibt keinen Aufschluss über die Möglichkeiten der umgebenden Wand oder Gebäudekonstruktion, den direkten oder übertragenen Kräften standzuhalten.
Falls die Fenster, Türen, Abschlüsse und Vorhangfassadenkomponenten zum Einsatz unter besonderen klimatischen Bedingungen vorgesehen sind, können besondere Prüfbedingungen erforderlich sein.
Anforderungen an die Leistungsfähigkeit der Öffnungs- und Schließmechanismen oder an die Prüfung in geöffnetem Zustand können ebenfalls angegeben werden. Es enthält keine Angaben über das Verhalten der Prüfkörper, wenn diese anderen Belastungen ausgesetzt werden.

Fenêtres, portes, fermetures et façades rideaux - Résistance à l'explosion - Méthode d'essai - Partie 2 : Essai en arène

Le présent document spécifie un mode opératoire d'essai conventionnel permettant la classification de la résistance à l'explosion des fenêtres, portes, fermetures, avec leurs remplissages, ainsi que celle des éléments de façades rideaux.
Le présent document concerne une méthode d'essai de résistance aux ondes de choc produites par des explosifs puissants dans un essai en arène. Les catégories de charge sont définies par des paramètres de pression et d'impulsion et représentent de fortes explosions en champ libre causées par :
-   3 kg à 20 kg (équivalent TNT) à des distances de tir de 3 m à 9 m, décrites par les niveaux de charge fixe PXR 1 à PXR 7 ;
-   100 kg à 500 kg (équivalent TNT) à des distances de tir d'environ 15 m à 30 m, décrites par les niveaux de charge fixe VXR 1 à VXR 7.
Cette méthode permet d'obtenir une classification selon la norme prEN 13123-2:2023.
Des scénarios caractérisés par des paramètres d'explosion spécifiés pour d'autres scénarios d'explosifs puissants peuvent également être spécifiés.
Les ondes de choc qui ne peuvent pas être produites lors d'un essai en arène peuvent être produites par un essai de tube à effet de souffle (shock tube) conformément aux normes prEN 13123-1:2022 et prEN 13124-1:2022.
Le présent document s'applique aux ondes de choc générées par des explosions dans une installation d'essai en arène, pour produire des ondes de choc avec des explosions puissantes sur des fenêtres, des portes et des fermetures, ainsi que sur des systèmes de façades rideaux, y compris sur leurs dormants, leurs remplissages et leurs fixations, à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur des bâtiments. Il ne donne aucune information quant à la capacité de résistance à l'explosion du mur ou de la structure environnante.
Le présent document couvre uniquement le comportement de l'éprouvette complète, comprenant le remplissage, le dormant et les fixations tels que soumis à essai. Il ne donne aucune information sur la capacité du mur adjacent ou de la structure du bâtiment à résister aux forces appliquées directement ou transmises.
Si les fenêtres, les portes, les fermetures ou les composants de façades rideaux sont destinés à être utilisés dans des conditions climatiques particulières, des conditions d'essai spécifiques peuvent être requises.
Les exigences relatives aux performances des mécanismes d'ouverture et de verrouillage ou aux essais en condition ouverte peuvent également être spécifiées. Le présent document ne donne aucune information sur le comportement des éprouvettes soumises à d'autres types de charges.

Okna, vrata, polkna in obešene fasade - Odpornost proti eksplozijam - Preskusna metoda - 2. del: Preskus v areni

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 10-Sep-2025
• ICS: 13.230 - Explosion protection
• ICS: 91.060.50 - Doors and windows
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 33 - Doors, windows, shutters and building hardware
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 33/WG 1/2 - Windows and doors
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 09-Nov-2023
• Due Date: 19-Oct-2023
• Completion Date: 09-Nov-2023
• Directive: 305/2011 - Regulation (eu) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 march 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing council directive 89/106/eec
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 13124-2:2023 - Windows, doors, shutters and curtain walling - Explosion resistance - Test method - Part 2: Arena test

Relations

• Revises: EN 13124-2:2004 - Windows, doors and shutters - Explosion resistance - Test method - Part 2: Range test
• Effective Date: 19-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2023
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 13124-2:2004
Okna, vrata, polkna in obešene fasade - Odpornost proti eksplozijam - Preskusna
metoda - 2. del: Preskus v areni
Windows, doors, shutters and curtain walling - Explosion resistance - Test method - Part
2: Arena test
Fenster, Türen, Abschlüsse und Vorhangfassaden - Sprengwirkungshemmung -
Prüfverfahren - Teil 2: Freilandversuch
Fenêtres, portes, fermetures et façades rideaux - Résistance à l'explosion - Méthode
d'essai - Partie 2 : Essai en arène
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 13124-2
ICS:
13.230 Varstvo pred eksplozijo Explosion protection
91.060.50 Vrata in okna Doors and windows
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2023
ICS 13.230; 91.060.50 Will supersede EN 13124-2:2004
English Version
Windows, doors, shutters and curtain walling - Explosion
resistance - Test method - Part 2: Arena test
Portes, fenêtres et fermetures - Résistance à l'explosion Fenster, Türen und Abschlüsse -
-Méthode d'essai - Partie 2: Essai en plein air Sprengwirkungshemmung - Prüfverfahren - Teil 2:
Freilandversuch
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 33.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
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Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Requirements . 7
5 Apparatus . 8
5.1 Explosive test range . 8
5.2 Reaction structure . 8
5.3 Connections . 8
5.4 Equipment for measuring . 9
6 Explosive charge. 10
7 Test specimen . 11
8 Procedure . 11
8.1 Installation . 11
8.2 Test – Explosion pressure resistance (PXR and VXR) . 12
8.3 Pressure or impulse outside the specified tolerances . 12
9 Sequence of the test . 12
10 Evaluation of results . 13
10.1 General. 13
10.2 Hazard class . 13
10.3 Classification. 16
10.4 Test in open condition . 16
10.5 Test results . 17
11 Test report . 17
12 Test report summary . 18
Annex A (informative) External hazard evaluation . 19
Bibliography . 20

European foreword
This document (prEN 13124-2:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 33 “Doors,
windows, shutters, building hardware and curtain walling”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 13124-2:2004.
In comparison with the previous edition EN 13124-2:2004, the following technical modifications have
been made:
— inclusion of façade testing;
— inclusion of hazard classes and the measurement connected to them;
— addition of term 3.7.3 “internal pressure”;
— addition of test procedures for open condition;
— addition of the requirements for test setup and its connection to the test sample;
— editorial changes.
The EN 13124 series of standards Windows, doors, shutters and curtain walling — Explosion
resistance — Test method currently consists of:
— Part 1: Shock tube;
— Part 2: Arena test.
1 Scope
This document specifies a conventional test procedure to permit classification of the explosion
resistance of windows, doors, shutters, together with their infills, as well as curtain walling elements.
This document concerns a method of test against blast waves produced by high explosives in an arena
test. The loading categories are defined by pressure and impulse parameters and represent free-field
high explosive events caused by:
— 3 kg to 20 kg (TNT equivalent) at stand-off distances from 3 m to 9 m, described by the fixed
loading levels PXR 1 to PXR 7;
— 100 kg to 500 kg (TNT equivalent) at stand-off distances from about 15 m to 30 m, described by the
fixed loading levels VXR 1 to VXR 7.
It produces a classification according to prEN 13123-2:2023.
Scenarios characterized by specified blast parameters for other high explosive scenarios, can also be
specified.
Blast loads which cannot be produced in an arena test might be produced by a shock tube test following
prEN 13123-1:2022 and prEN 13124-1:2022.
This document is applicable to blast waves generated by explosions in an arena test facility to produce
high explosive blast loads on windows, doors and shutters as well as curtain walling systems, complete
with their frames, infills and fixings, 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.
This document covers only the behaviour of the complete test specimen including infill, frame and
fixings as tested. It gives no information on the ability of the surrounding wall or building structure to
resist the direct or transmitted forces.
If the windows, doors, shutters and curtain walling components are intended for specific conditions of
climate, specific test conditions can be required.
Requirements for the performance of opening and locking mechanisms or for testing in an open
condition can also be specified. It gives no information on the behaviour of the test specimens subjected
to other types of loading.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
prEN 13123-1:2022, Windows, doors, shutters and curtain walling — Explosion resistance —
Requirements and classification — Part 1: Shock tube
prEN 13123-2:2023, Windows, doors, shutters and curtain walling — Explosion resistance —
Requirements and classification — Part 2: Arena test
EN 13164, Thermal insulation products for buildings — Factory made extruded polystyrene foam (XPS)
products — Specification
ISO 16934, Glass in building — Explosion-resistant security glazing — Test and classification by shock-
tube loading
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
test specimen
window, door, shutter or curtain walling specimen, which is prepared and submitted for testing
3.2
attack face
face of the test specimen, which is designed to face the explosion
3.3
rear face
opposite side of the test specimen to the attack face
3.4
reaction structure
robust structure in which a test specimen can be mounted for blast testing
3.5
gauge block
structure providing a plane non-deforming surface positioned at the same stand-off distance as the test
sample, on which reflected pressure gauges can be mounted
3.6
explosion pressure resistance
PXR/VXR
resistance offered by the test specimen against a defined blast wave, characterised by peak positive
reflected pressure and peak positive specific impulse
3.7
blast wave
explosion pressure wave loading on the test specimen
Note 1 to entry: The pressure recorded and referred to shall be the reflected pressure experienced by the test
specimen when it is positioned at the end of the shock tube.
3.7.1
positive reflected pressure
p
r
pressure that occurs when a blast wave strikes the surface of a target, which obstructs the flow
Note 1 to entry: The blast wave moving through the air impacts the test specimen and is reflected producing a
pressure on the surface of the test specimen having a higher value than would have occurred within an
unobstructed flow.
3.7.2
peak positive reflected pressure
p
max
pressure above the ambient atmospheric pressure at the time of arrival of the pulse at the test specimen
3.7.3
internal pressure
pressure that is recorded inside the test cubical
Note 1 to entry: For both closed and open windows, this pressure is measured 1 m behind the inner face of the
test specimen. This will be measured from the inner glass or the inner face of the door.
3.7.4
pressure trace
graph of the pressure plotted against time
Note 1 to entry: See prEN 13123-2:2023, Figure 1.
3.7.5
peak positive reflected specific impulse
i
+
parameter that is derived from the area under the pressure trace during the first positive phase
duration
Note 1 to entry: See hatched area in prEN 13123-2:2023, Figure 1.
3.8
top corner of the test specimen
extreme point on the test specimen at which the test impulse is assessed to ensure clearing effects are
managed
3.9
expected value at the test corner
expected blast parameters at the top corner of the test specimen
Note 1 to entry: The expected blast parameters at the top corner of the test specimen are the peak positive
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