ASTM E1300 09a Example 1: Non factored load of a 47.24 by 59.06 in, 1/4 in annealed plate
Find the non factored load (NFL) of a 47.24 by 59.06 in, 1/4 in thick monolithic annealed glass plate.
Inputs
- Long dimension, a
- 59.06 in
- Short dimension, b
- 47.24 in
- Nominal thickness
- 0.236 in
- Glass type
- Annealed (AN)
- Load duration
- Short (3 second)
- Design load, p
- 31.33 psf
- Allowable deflection, w_allow
- b/100
- Glass thickness, t
- 0.219 in
- Thickness source
- Table 4 minimum
Calculations
- Glass area, A
- 19.38 ft²
- Aspect ratio, AR
- 1.25
- Load times area squared, p·A²
- 11.76 kip·ft²
- Non factored load (NFL)
- 51.79 psf
- Glass type factor (GTF)
- 1.00
- Load resistance (LR)
- 51.79 psf
- Nondimensional load, p̂ = p·(a·b)²/(E·t⁴)
- 70.93
- Modulus of elasticity, E
- 10,400 ksi
- x = ln(ln p̂)
- 1.45
- r0 (X2, R capped at 5)
- −2.69
- r1 (X2, R capped at 5)
- 2.01
- r2 (X2, R capped at 5)
- 0.21
- Center of glass deflection, w
- 0.42 in
- Allowable deflection
- w_allow = b/100 = 47.24/100 = 0.47 in
- Deflection to thickness ratio, w/t
- 1.91
- Load duration in Annex A2 (td)
- 3 s, (td / 3 s)^(7/16) = 1.00
- B (Annex A2, Eq A2.2)
- 0.00073
- Pb = 1 − exp(−B)
- 0.00073
NFL and deflection: E1300 09a Fig A1.6 chart.
Contours: NFL in psf, labelled on the chart. 1/4 in glass, four sides simply supported, 3 second load.
Glass sizes where the NFL is above 210 psf, result outside the scope of ASTM E1300.
Curves: center of glass deflection w for aspect ratio (AR) 1 to 5; highlighted: this aspect ratio.
Redrawn by GlassLoad.com based on the ASTM E1300 09a Figure A1.6 printed chart; results vary by about 0.8 percent.
Outputs
Strength PASS. Deflection PASS.
Probability of breakage at the design load: 0.73 per 1000 (1 in 1,400).
Strength: p = 31.33 psf ≤ LR = 51.79 psf; p/LR = 0.60.
Deflection at CoG: w = 0.42 in ≤ w_allow = 0.47 in (b/100, four edges supported).
CoG: center of glass
GlassLoad.com 51.8 psf, printed 52.2 psf. The standard printed 2.5 kPa. The example gives no design load. GlassLoad.com used 31.33 psf. The NFL does not depend on it.
Notes
- W7
- Deflection w is read from the E1300 deflection chart and is approximate. Where deflection governs, verify it by an independent method.
- W14
- Appendix X3 gives only an approximate method for Pb, for a 60 s load, so the value shown uses the failure model of E1300 24 Annex A2. Treat this Pb as approximate.
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