Seismic Performance of Architectural Glazing Systems

Abstract

Crescendo tests were performed on architectural glass commonly employed in storefront wall systems to identify in-plane dynamic racking amplitudes associated with pre-defined ultimate limit states for architectural glass elements. Different storefront architectural glass types demonstrated distinct and widely varying ultimate limit states. Annealed laminated glass exhibited superior resistance to dynamic racking motions, although the annealed and fully tempered insulating glass units (IGU) also performed well. Glass tempering did not improve the racking resistance in a 6 mm monolithic or in a 25 mm IGU glass sample.

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Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

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Article - Conference proceedings

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English

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Publication Date

01 Dec 1996

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