2.

0 Glass Design (ASTM E1300-4)

2.1 Glass (26mmt DGU glass: 6mmt Fully tempered (FT) + 12mmt air gap + 8mmt Fully tempered (FT))
Composition/Properties:
Panel length (long dimension) a = 3900.0 mm
Panel width (short dimension) b = 1780.0 mm
Glass types:
Lite no. 1 - inner Fully tempered (FT)
Lite no. 2 - outer Fully tempered (FT)
Glass thickness:
Lite no. 1 - inner t1 = 6 mm 5.56 mm (min)
Lite no. 2 - outer t2 = 8 mm 7.42 mm (min)
Air gap thickness tg = 12 mm
Glass modulus of elasticity Eg = 71700 MPa
2.1.1 Non-factored load resistance, NFL

Fig.A1.6 Fig.A1.7
NFL (lite no. 1) NFL1 = 0.75 kPa
NFL (lite no. 2) NFL2 = 0.90 kPa
2.1.2 Glass type factor (table 2)

GTF (lite no. 1) GTF1 = 3.60

GTF (lite no. 2) GTF2 = 3.60
2.1.3 Load sharing factors (table 5)

LS (lite no. 1) LS1 = (t1(min)^3+t2(min)^3)/t1(min)^3 = 3.38

LS (lite no. 2) LS2 = (t1(min)^3+t2(min)^3)/t2(min)^3 = 1.42
2.1.4 Check strength of the glass panel
Wind load - ASD
Load resistance (lite no. 1)
Load resistance (lite no. 2)
Ratio of glass strength
2.1.5 Check glass deflection
WL = 1.70 kPa
LR1 = NFL1ꞏGTF1ꞏLS1 = 9.12 kPa
LR2 = NFL2ꞏGTF2ꞏLS2 = 4.60 kPa
R1 = WL/LR1 = 0.19 < 1.0 O.K!
R2 = WL/LR2 = 0.37 < 1.0 O.K!

Fig_A1.6 Fig_A1.7
Wind load:
Lite no. 1 - inner q1 = WLꞏ(LS2/(LS1+LS2)) = 0.50 kPa
Lite no. 2 - outer q2 = WLꞏ(LS1/(LS1+LS2)) = 1.20 kPa
Glass aspect ratio AR = a/b = 2.19
Product of Load x Area2:
Lite no. 1 - inner K1 = q1ꞏ(aꞏb)^2 = 24.26 kNm^2
Lite no. 2 - outer K2 = q2ꞏ(aꞏb)^2 = 57.66 kNm^2
From figures above:
Deflection (lite no. 1) Δ1 = 25.93 mm
Deflection (lite no. 2) Δ2 = 29.05 mm
Maximum allowable deflection Δal = min(b/60,25mm) = 25.00 mm
Ratio of glass deflections R1 = Δ1/Δal = 1.04 > 1.0 Fail!
R2 = Δ2/Δal = 1.16 > 1.0 Fail!