Structural glass design software ?

[structuresguy]

Do any of you know of any software packages for the structural design of sloped, non-rectangular glass windows subject to wind loading?

Thanks.

 

[ishvaaag]

If you don't find other guide, I suggest you make analyses for your plate in FEM, and find rectangular ones that have the same deflection or maximum stresses. Basically you will get a relationship between the thicknesses that produce the same effect for one or other shape. Then the thickness of the worst "equivalent" rectangular one should be valid for your case.

 

[structuresguy]

Ya, that was basically what I was thinking. In fact, I have already done a model using plate elements in STAAD, but the material properties are not defined well. Depending where I look, I get widely varying Young's Modulus, from 9000-17000 ksi.

So making a decision on which one is difficult. Also, I don't know if tempering or heat treating affect the Young's Mod or not.

So I take the STAAD results with some skepticism, based on the unkwown material props.

Thanks

 

[Lutfi]

Go to this link

http://www.standardsdesign.com/

They have developed software to do that. I use their wind load software and I find it to be accurate and user friendly.

Good luck