Curtain Wall Systems: A Primer

MANUALS AND REPORTS ON ENGINEERING PRACTICE......Page 4
MANUALS AND REPORTS ON ENGINEERING PRACTICE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE......Page 5
COMMITTEE ON CURTAIN-WALL SYSTEMS......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION......Page 12
CHAPTER 2: DEFINITION AND TYPES OF CURTAIN WALLS......Page 14
3.1 MATERIALS......Page 19
3.2 CURTAIN WALL FRAMING ELEMENTS......Page 28
3.3 TYPES OF GLAZING PANEL CONSTRUCTION......Page 34
3.4 CURTAIN WALL ANCHORAGE......Page 39
3.5 SUMMARY......Page 41
3.6 REFERENCES......Page 43
4.1 MOCKUPS......Page 44
4.2 STANDARDS RELATED TO CURTAIN WALL SYSTEMS......Page 46
4.3 TYPES OF TESTS......Page 49
4.4 MOCKUP TESTS......Page 59
4.5 OBSERVATIONS......Page 62
4.6 SUMMARY......Page 65
4.7 REFERENCES......Page 66
CHAPTER 5: DESIGN OF CURTAIN WALLS FOR ENERGY PERFORMANCE......Page 67
5.1 HEAT LOSS ACROSS CURTAIN WALL......Page 68
5.2 U-VALUE: DETERMINING HEAT LOSS......Page 69
5.3 HEAT GAIN AND SOLAR RADIATION......Page 75
5.4 GLAZING OPTIONS FOR THERMAL PERFORMANCE......Page 76
5.6 OPTICAL, SOLAR, AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF GLAZING......Page 77
5.7 AIR INFILTRATION......Page 79
5.8 CONDENSATION RESISTANCE......Page 80
5.9 COMPUTER THERMAL MODELING......Page 81
5.10 FURTHER READING......Page 82
6.1 DESIGN TO CONTROL CONDENSATION......Page 84
6.2 RAIN WATER FORCE AND POTENTIAL RAIN PENETRATION......Page 89
6.3 CONCLUSION......Page 94
6.4 REFERENCES......Page 96
CHAPTER 7: DESIGN OF CURTAIN WALLS FOR WIND LOAD......Page 98
7.1 DESIGN OF CURTAIN WALL COMPONENTS......Page 99
7.2 WIND LOADS AND THE BUILDING CODE......Page 105
7.3 WIND LOAD ANALYSIS: MODELS THAT SIMULATE STATIC EQUILIBRIUM......Page 109
7.4 PHILOSOPHY OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ALUMINUM STRUCTURES......Page 113
7.6 REFERENCES......Page 114
CHAPTER 8: DESIGN OF CURTAIN WALLS FOR EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED LOADS AND DRIFTS......Page 116
8.1 PERFORMANCE OF GLAZING SYSTEMS IN PAST EARTHQUAKES......Page 117
8.2 PARAMETERS IMPORTANT IN SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF GLAZING SYSTEMS......Page 119
8.3 BUILDING CODE SEISMIC PROVISIONS FOR DESIGN OF GLAZING SYSTEMS......Page 128
8.4 MOCKUP TESTING REQUIREMENTS......Page 133
8.5 CLOSING REMARKS......Page 136
8.6 REFERENCES......Page 137
9.1 QUALITATIVE CONSIDERATIONS......Page 140
9.3 DEMANDS: BLAST PRESSURES......Page 145
9.4 DIRECT ANALYSIS METHODS......Page 148
9.5 ANALYSIS-DESIGN METHODS......Page 151
9.6 DESIGN OF BLAST-RESISTANT SYSTEMS......Page 154
9.7 MITIGATION SYSTEMS......Page 156
9.8 DECISION-MAKING TOOLS......Page 160
9.9 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS......Page 162
9.10 CLOSING REMARKS......Page 163
9.11 REFERENCES......Page 164
CHAPTER 10: INNOVATIVE FAC,ADE DESIGN AND PRODUCTS......Page 165
10.1 HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENVELOPES: PASSIVE SYSTEMS......Page 166
10.2 HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENVELOPES: ACTIVE SYSTEMS......Page 181
10.3 TRANSPARENCY IN THE BUILDING ENVELOPE......Page 191
10.4 DIGITAL DESIGN, ENGINEERING, AND FABRICATION......Page 197
10.5 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK......Page 201
10.6 REFERENCES......Page 202
CHAPTER 11: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CURTAIN WALL AND GLAZING SYSTEMS......Page 205
11.2 POINT-SUPPORTED GLASS SYSTEMS......Page 206
11.3 DOUBLE-SKIN FAC,ADE......Page 208
11.4 BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC (BIPV) GLAZING......Page 209
11.5 LOW-E COATINGS AND TRANSPARENT/TRANSLUCENT INSULATION......Page 212
11.6 VACUUM-INSULATED GLAZING......Page 215
11.8 REFERENCES......Page 216
CHAPTER 12: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 221
INDEX......Page 226