Structural Glazing from a Curtain Wall Designer's Perspective

2009 ◽  
pp. 79-79-14
Author(s):  
LS Jacob ◽  
B Johanson
Keyword(s):  
Curtain Wall

Development of Automated Exterior Curtain Wall Installation System

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Seo ◽  
H. Oda ◽  
N. Tasaki ◽  
H. Tanijiri
Keyword(s):  
Curtain Wall

Seismic demand and experimental evaluation of the nonstructural building curtain wall: A review

2017 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 16-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baofeng Huang ◽  
Shiming Chen ◽  
Wensheng Lu ◽  
Khalid M. Mosalam
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evaluation ◽  
Seismic Demand ◽  
Curtain Wall

scholarly journals Material Selection and Characterization for a Novel Frame-Integrated Curtain Wall

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 1896
Author(s):  
Mercedes Gargallo ◽  
Belarmino Cordero ◽  
Alfonso Garcia-Santos
Keyword(s):  
Material Selection ◽  
Mechanical Tests ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Curtain Wall ◽  
Composite Action ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Glass Panels ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Conventional Systems

Curtain walls are the façade of choice in high-rise buildings and an indispensable element of architecture for a contemporary city. In conventional curtain walls, the glass panels are simply supported by the metal framing which transfers any imposed load to the building structure. The absence of composite action between glass and metal results in deep frames, protruding to the inside, occupying valuable space and causing visual disruption. In response to the limited performance of conventional systems, an innovative frame-integrated unitized curtain wall is proposed to reduce structural depth to one fifth (80%) allowing an inside flush finish and gaining nettable space. The novel curtain wall is achieved by bonding a pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) frame to the glass producing a composite insulated glass unit (IGU). This paper selects the candidate frame and adhesive materials performing mechanical tests on GFRP pultrusions to characterize strength and elasticity and on GFRP-glass connections to identify failure module and strength. The material test results are used in a computer-based numerical model of a GFRP-glass composite unitized panel to predict the structural performance when subjected to realistic wind loads. The results confirm the reduction to one fifth is possible since the allowable deflections are within limits. It also indicates that the GFRP areas adjacent to the support might require reinforcing to reduce shear stresses.

Pressures on Curtain Wall with External Mullions

1979 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-523
Author(s):  
Bernard M. Leadon ◽  
Michael L. Kownacki
Keyword(s):  
Curtain Wall
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