FIN GLASS CALCULATION (HEIGHT-9 M)

I. General
To design adequate fin glass of a 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

2 Material used

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
G : 28300.00 N/mm2
v : 0.22

vantage fin glass H=9m

3 Loading
Dead Load (DL) Glass panel weight : 0.4238 kN/m2
Wind Load
Basic Wind Speed, v : 45.00 m/s 3-sec gust
45 / 1.78 : 25.28 m/s
Refering to table 4, mean hourly speed wind may be assessed by dividing 3 sec gust wind
by Sb factor (1.78) at 10m height for site in country.
Length of Building, L : 75.20 m
Width of Building, W : 75.00 m
Height of Bldg., H : 122.00 m

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

5 Wind Load calculation

Refer to wind calculation for full details.

Max. Wind Pressure : 1.250 kN/m2

6 Analysis of Fin Glass F1

fin glass width B = 500 mm

fin glass thickness t = 15 mm
Fin glass Height = 9000 mm
Glass panel Width = 1250 mm
Ixx = 156250000 mm4
Iyy = 140625 mm4
Zxx = 625000 mm3
y= 250 mm
J= 562500 mm4

Horizontal loading act on glass panel

wl = 1.25 kpa
Note: Assume the fin glass simply supported

Check the bending stress of fin glass

Bending moment due to horizontal loading
M = q*L^2 / 8

q= 1.25 x 1.25 = 1.5625 N/mm

L= 9000 mm
M= 1.5625 x 9000 ^2 / 8 = 15,820,313 Nmm

Check local buckling:

Mmax = 72000.00 x 15 ^3 / [6x(1+0.22)] = 33.20 kNm > M ok

Check lateral buckling:

Mcr = [ (pi/L)^2 x (E Iy) x (B^2/4 + y^2) + (GJ) ] / 3y
= 1E-07 x 1E+10 x 1E+05 + 1.6E+10
750
= 21.431 kNm > M ok

Bending stress due to wind loading

fbc = M / Zxx = 25.31 Mpa < 49 Mpa ok

Check the deflection of fin glass

Deflection due to horizontal loading

vantage fin glass H=9m

q= 1.25 x 1.25 = 1.5625 N/mm
L= 9000 mm
ExI= 1.125E+13
deflection = 11.87 mm < 9000 / 180 = 50.0 mm but shall shall be </= to 20mm ok

60 10
A-A
50
Rw
50

Rd
s= 120

400 Fin
300

Rw = 7.03125 kN
Glass panel size:
internal = 8 mm
air space = 1.5 mm 100
external = 8 mm
= 0.424 kPa
Fin glass: = 0.397 kPa

Dead load:
Rd1 = 4767.66 N
Rd2 = 1787.87 N
Rd = 6555.53 N

Check the 3 nos. of M 16 bolt. Net area is 157 mm2 (A2-70)

Max shear force act on the bolt
V = 1.4 x ( 7031.3 ^2 + 6556 ^2)^0.5
= 13458.5 N = 13458.5 / 4 = 3364.6 N
Max shear resistance of one bolt
Vrs = 310 x 157 x 2
= 97233.5 N > V ok

Check the A-A section of the 6 mm SS angle

Area = 400 x 6x 2= 4800 mm2

Zxx = 320000 mm3

Max force acting on the section 23

V = 1.4 x 7.0313 x 1000 = 9843.75 N

Maximum shear force resistance of the section

Vr = 4800 x 123 = 590400 N > V ok

Maximum bending moment acting at in-plane axis

Mx = 1.4 x 7.0313 x 85 = 836.7188 Nmm

Maximum bending resistance of the section

Mr = 320000 x 205 = 65600000 Nmm > Mx ok

vantage fin glass H=9m

Design of angle connection (between fin and concrete)
Check for the thickness of angle (Tp)
Spacing , sb = s/2 : 60 mm
Applied force, Vam = Rd / 2 : 3.28 kN
Fy, Bending stress of angle : 160 N/mm2
Breadth, B : 400 mm
M = Vam x sb : 196666 Nmm
Tp = (4M / FyB) : 3.5 mm

Design of anchor bolt (angle connection to concrete)

(above force will be resisted by the tension capacity of expansion bolt)
Number of bolts = n : 6 nos
Using 10 mm diameter expansion bolt
Maximum Shear force, Rw : 7.0313 kN
Shear load per bolt, v = Rw / n : 1.1719 kN
Shear capacity per bolt, Vc (as per below table) 7.1 x 0.88 : 6.248 kN > v...Pass!

Maximum tensile force, Rd : 6.5555 kN

Tensile load per bolt, t = Rd / n : 1.0926 kN
Tension capacity per bolt, Tc (as per below table) 4.2 x 0.88 : 3.696 kN > t...Pass!

vantage fin glass H=9m