Design Criteria for Glass Cladding Subjected to Wind Loads
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 113, Issue 3
Abstract
The safety and cost of glass cladding facades subjected to wind loads depend upon the criteria used for their design. These criteria specify the design wind loads and the allowable panel loads. The present paper reviews the following: (1) the evolution in recent years of methods for the estimation and specification of design wind loads for building facades; (2) recent developments concerning the estimation and specification of allowable loads for glass cladding panels, and controversies surrounding these developments; and (3) recent developments in structural reliability as applied to glass cladding, which allow rational decisions to be made concerning the adoption of satisfactory design criteria specifying both design wind loads and allowable panel loads. It is shown that, in view of recent changes in methods for estimating design wind loads and allowable panel loads, it would be imprudent or wasteful to adopt a standard specifying allowable panel loads without giving due consideration to the overall reliability aspects of the cladding glass design problem. Comments are offered concerning the development of such a standard.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
1.
American National Standard A58.1, Building Code Requirements for Minimum Design Loads in Buildings and Other Structures, National Standards Institute, New York, N.Y., 1972.
2.
ANSI/ASTM E330—70, Standard Test Method for Structural Performance of Exterior Windorvs, Curtain Walls, and Doors Under the Influence of Wind Loads, 1978 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, Pa., 1978.
3.
Beason, W. L., and Morgan, J. R., “Glass Failure Prediction Model,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 110, No. ST2, Feb., 1984, pp. 197–212.
4.
Gtoss and Uniform Loads, LOF Technical Information, ATS‐108, File #1—Strength of Glass, Toledo, Ohio, Apr. 30, 1979.
5.
Krall, W. R., et al., “The Behavior of Float Glass Under Uniform Wind Loading,” Proceedings, 4th U.S. National Conference on Wind Engineering Research, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 1981.
6.
LOF Technical Information—Strength of Glass Under Wind Loads, 805‐109, Toledo, Ohio, Jan., 1980.
7.
PPG Industries Glass Product Recommendations: Wind Load Performance, Technical Service Report No. 101A, PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1974.
8.
PPG Glass Thickness Recommendations to Meet Architects Specified 1‐Minute Load, Technical Services/Flat Glass Division, PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, Apr. 23, 1979.
9.
Ravindra, M. K., Cornell, C. A., and Galambos, T. V., “Wind and Snow Load Factors for Use in LRFD,” Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, Vol. 104, No. ST9, Sept., 1978, pp. 1443–1457.
10.
Reed, D. A., and Simiu, E., “Wind Loading and Strength of Cladding Glass,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 110, No. ST4, Apr., 1984, pp. 715–729.
11.
Simiu, E., et al., Ring‐on‐Ring Tests and Load Capacity of Cladding Glass, NBS Building Science Series 162, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Md., Aug., 1984.
12.
Simiu, E., and Scanlan, R. H., Wind Effects on Structures, 2nd ed., Wiley‐Interscience, New York, N.Y., 1986.
13.
Somes, N. F., Dikkers, R. D., and Boone, T. H., Lubbock Tornado: A Survey of Damage in an Urban Area, Technical Note 558, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., Mar., 1971.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 113 • Issue 3 • March 1987
Pages: 501 - 518
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 ASCE.
History
Published online: Mar 1, 1987
Published in print: Mar 1987
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.