Here in Florida engineers have recently been required to have either impact glass, shutter system or some type of method to protect glass openings in the wind borne debris regions.
Does anyone know if using impact glass is going to create some sort of fire danger as far as how people are going...
2004 FBC allows a .7 factor on C&C wind loads. Note: you cant apply a 1.6 duration factor to your E values in calculating deflection. No other factors I can find apply to deflection calculations--ie. stress factors.
The deflection criteria of L/240 for a 9' 2x4 SPF #2 wall stud is not going to...
I have seen two ratings on doors one showing tested value and one showing design value.
Would anyone agree that if the tested values exceed C&C and the design values exceed MWFRS that the door can be shown as rated to design values of MWFRS forces?
