Hi, I'm trying to determine a suitable wind load that's acting on a wall within a "pocket" of a building. See image attached. As noted in the image, the pocket does not have a roof on it so the walls within the pocket will experience some suction. Could I simply set the suction load on the wall...
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For aluminum member designs to CSA S157-17, do your typical Alumicor and Kawneer curtain wall mullions constitute a deep rectangular solid or hollow section under section 11.3.1 when assessing lateral buckling of unrestrained beams? I ask as if I assume the general case (a), λ is higher...
Thanks phamENG. Yep they're pretty much all my concerns here too but I'm just not sure if I'm missing something fundamental as from what I can see, this is a common detail adopted in tower window wall systems in non-seismic areas.
To respond to your question regarding the span, it's top to...
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I'm looking for some advice for a window wall facade system. A system I'm working on has strap anchors around the sides and top of the frame which tie back to the main supporting building structure. My question specifically is related to at he head of the system as we need to allow for 1"...
