GLASS CALCULATION

I.

General
To design adequate glass of a spider pin supported curtain wall meeting required criteria.
All units is in metric system.

II.

Design Calculation
1

Design Code
BS 8118 Part 1:1991:Structural Use of Aluminium. Code of Practice for design
ASCE 7-05 Min. Design Loads for Buildings and other Structures

Material used
16 mm thick glass

(8+1.5+8)

Allowable stress, heat strengthened Glass

33.00

N/mm2

Allowable stress, tempered glass

49.00

N/mm2

Allowable stress, structural sealant

138.00

N/mm2

Modulus of Elasticity, E

72000.00

N/mm2

0.4238

kN/m2

:
:
:
:
:

45.00
75.00
75.00
122.00
9.10

m/s
m
m
m
m

1.250

kN/m2

Loading
Dead Load (DL)
Wind Load

Load Combination

Wind Load calculation

Glass weight
Basic Wind Speed, v
Length of Building, L
Width of Building, W
Height of Bldg., H
Top of spider wall

3-sec gust

1.0 Dead Load (for service ability check)

1.0 Wind Load (for service ability check)
1.2 Dead Load Wind Load

Refer to wind calculation for full details.

Max. Wind Pressure
6

Analysis of Glass Panel

8 mm thk glass
1.5 binder
8 mm thk glass
Maximum aspect size on glass panel
Height =
Width =

3522
1262

mm
mm

Horizontal loading act on glass panel

wl =
1.25
kpa
Note: Assume the glass panel simply supported in 4 sides

glass

Check the bending stress of glass panel

Bending moment due to horizontal loading
M = q*L^2 / 8
Note: (consider 1000mm width)
q=
1.25 x
1=
1.25
L=
1262 mm
M=
1.25 x
1262 ^2 / 8 =
Bending stress due to wind loading

= M*6/(t^2*B) =
5.83
Note:
B=
1000 mm
t=
16 mm
(8+1.5+8)
Check the deflection of glass panel
Deflection due to horizontal loading
Note: (consider 1000mm width)
q=
1.25 x
L=
1262 mm
ExI=
2.4576E+10
deflection =
1.68 mm

N/mm
248,851 Nmm

Mpa <

49

1=

1.25

N/mm

<

1262

60 =

Analysis of structural sealant of glass panel

Area of glass panel =
4.4 m2
design wind speed =
1.25 kpa
required width of structural sealant
B=
1262 x
1.25 / (
=
11.4 mm

138 )

glass

Mpa ok

21.0

mm ok