 CALCULATION FOR LOAD RESISTANCE CAPACITY

Load resistance for outer pane LR 1  GTF1  NFL 1  LS1  5.616  kPa ASTM E1300 Section 6.10.4

LR1 > WL/LS1 OK for glass stress

Load resistance for inner pane LR 2  GTF2  NFL 2  LS2  8.568  kPa ASTM E1300 Section 6.10.4

LR2 > WL/LS2 OK for glass stress

 CALCULATION FOR DEFLECTION

Long dimension of glass  

a  max hg wg  2.175 m

Short dimension of glass b  min  hg wg  2.137 m

Calculation parameters
2 3
 a  a  a
r0  0.553  3.83   1.11    0.0969    2.297 ASTM E1300 Appendixes X1.
 b  b  b
2 3
 a  a  a
r1  2.29  5.83   2.17    0.2067    1.614 ASTM E1300 Appendixes X1.
 b  b  b
2 3
 a  a  a
r2  1.485  1.908    0.815    0.0822    0.301 ASTM E1300 Appendixes X1.
 b  b  b
Calculation for outer glass pane deflection
WL
Uniform lateral load q1   0.66  kPa
LS1 ASTM E1300 Appendixes X1.

  q  ( a  b) 2 
1    1.095
x1  ln ln 
 ASTM E1300 Appendixes X1.
  E  t 4 
  g 1 

wo  t1  exp  r0  r1  x1  r2  x1
2 ASTM E1300 Appendixes X1.
Glass pane deflection
   8.445  mm

Calculation for inner glass pane deflection

WL
Uniform lateral load q2   0.368  kPa
LS2 ASTM E1300 Appendixes X1.

  q  ( a  b) 2 
2    1.193
x2  ln ln 
 ASTM E1300 Appendixes X1.
  E  t 4 
  g 2 

wi  t2  exp  r0  r1  x2  r2  x2
2
Glass pane deflection
  8.464  mm ASTM E1300 Appendixes X1.


Deflection ratio
Panel maximum deflection  
Δa  min wo wi  8.445  mm

Δa < Δallow; Ok for deflection

Allowable deflection  b 
Δallow  min  25mm    25  mm
 60 