
4. Examples of thickness checks
4.1 Examples of VEC calculations
Let's assume that the loads on a 0.9 × 1.5 m vertical annealed façade glazing glued to a frame are: q s = 1,200 Pa at ELS and q u = 1,800 Pa at ELU.
According to the table 9...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
External glazing systems – European Technical Approval Guide No. 002:
– Part 1: Chocked and unchocked systems (Cahiers du CSTB n° 3222 – May 2000)
– Part 2: Bonding support in powder-coated aluminium (Cahiers du CSTB n° 3433 – Livraison – 434 – November 2002)
- Glazing and metalwork – Memento Calculating glazing thickness - NF DTU 39 P4 -
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