ASTM E1300 16 Example 3: Double glazed unit, 1/4 in tempered over 5/16 in laminated
Find the load resistance of a double glazed unit of 59.84 by 74.80 in with a 1/4 in tempered lite and a 5/16 in laminated lite, under a 125.3 psf long duration load.
Inputs
- Long dimension, a
- 74.80 in
- Short dimension, b
- 59.84 in
- Construction
- Insulating, double
- Lite 1
- 1/4 in FT
- Lite 2
- laminated 5/16 in HS
- Load share form
- LSF fractions
- Unit type
- Double glazed
- Glass type
- Fully tempered (FT)
- Load duration
- Long (30 day)
- Design load, p
- 125.31 psf
- Allowable deflection, w_allow
- b/100
Insulating glass
- Construction
- Insulating glass, double glazed unit of monolithic lites
- Lite 1
- 1/4 in, fully tempered (FT)
- Lite 1 thickness used
- 0.219 in (Table 4 minimum)
- Lite 2
- 5/16 in, heat strengthened (HS)
- Lite 2 plies
- 5/32 in + 5/32 in
- Lite 2 interlayer thickness
- 0.060 in
- Lite 2 designation
- 5/16 in (sum of ply minimum thicknesses and interlayer, 0.357 in, interlayer at most 0.060 in; E1300 16 3.2.4.1, exception for two 5/32 in plies with any interlayer)
- Lite 2 thickness used
- 0.292 in (Table 4 minimum of the designation)
Calculations
- Support
- Four sides, double glazed insulating glass
- Long dimension, a
- 74.80 in
- Short dimension, b
- 59.84 in
- Non factored load (NFL)
- 52.04 psf
- Glass type factor (GTF)
- 1.90
- Load resistance (LR)
- 140.45 psf
- Lite 1: 1/4 in, fully tempered (FT)
- Non factored load (NFL)
- 36.89 psf, E1300 chart
- Glass type factor (GTF)
- 2.85
- Load share LSF
- 0.614, Table 5
- Load resistance of the lite (LR)
- 171.24 psf
- Share of the design load (p·LSF)
- 76.94 psf
- Load times area squared at the share, (p·LSF)·A²
- 74.35 kip·ft²
- Load resistance of the lite, short duration load
- 473.62 psf (GTF 3.80, Load share LSF 0.296)
- Load resistance of the lite, long duration load
- 171.24 psf (GTF 2.85, Load share LSF 0.614)
- Deflection of the lite, w
- 1.12 in, Appendix X1, rounded from 1.134 in (E1300 X1.1.1)
- p̂, x = ln(ln p̂) (at the share of the load)
- 448.42, 1.81
- Modulus of elasticity, E
- 10,400 ksi
- r0, r1, r2 (X1, R capped at 5)
- −2.69, 2.01, 0.21
- Lite 2: laminated, designation 5/16 in, heat strengthened (HS)
- Laminated glass chart
- E1300 16 6.2.10 to 6.2.13, Fig A1.31
- Non factored load (NFL)
- 52.04 psf, E1300 chart
- Glass type factor (GTF)
- 1.90
- Load share LSF
- 0.704, Table 5
- Load resistance of the lite (LR)
- 140.45 psf, governs the unit
- Share of the design load (p·LSF)
- 88.22 psf
- Load times area squared at the share, (p·LSF)·A²
- 85.25 kip·ft²
- Load resistance of the lite, short duration load
- 140.45 psf (GTF 1.90, Load share LSF 0.704)
- Load resistance of the lite, long duration load
- 168.52 psf (GTF 1.25, Load share LSF 0.386)
- Deflection of the lite, w
- 0.92 in, Appendix X1, rounded from 0.918 in (E1300 X1.1.1)
- p̂, x = ln(ln p̂) (at the share of the load)
- 162.10, 1.63
- Modulus of elasticity, E
- 10,400 ksi
- r0, r1, r2 (X1, R capped at 5)
- −2.69, 2.01, 0.21
- E1300 procedure
- E1300 16 6.2.9, double glazed insulating glass, four sides
- Glass type factors
- E1300 16 Table 2, Lite 1 FT with Lite 2 HS; E1300 16 Table 3, Lite 1 FT with Lite 2 HS
- Load share source
- E1300 16 Table 5, printed values (LSF fractions)
- Long duration load share source
- E1300 16 Table 6 (monolithic lite with laminated lite), printed values
- Thickness cubed of each lite
- 0.010 in³, 0.025 in³
- Aspect ratio, AR
- 1.25
- Load times area squared, whole unit, p·A²
- 121.09 kip·ft²
- Governing lite
- Lite 2, load resistance 140.45 psf
- Largest lite deflection, w (Lite 1)
- 1.12 in
- Deflection before rounding (E1300 X1.1.1)
- 1.134 in
- Allowable deflection
- w_allow = b/100 = 59.84/100 = 0.60 in
- Deflection to thickness ratio, w/t
- 5.18
Load share, LSF fractions: E1300 Table 5, E1300 16 Table 5. This is the E1300 value.
Lite 1 non factored load (NFL): E1300 chart, E1300 16 Fig A1.7. This is the E1300 value.
Lite 1 deflection: E1300 Appendix X1. E1300 gives no deflection method for insulating glass.
Lite 2 non factored load (NFL): E1300 chart, E1300 16 Fig A1.31. This is the E1300 value.
Lite 2 deflection: E1300 Appendix X1. E1300 gives no deflection method for insulating glass.
Contours: NFL in psf, labelled on the chart. 1/4 in laminated glass, four sides simply supported, 3 second load.
Curves: center of glass deflection w for aspect ratio (AR) 1 to 5; highlighted: this aspect ratio.
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 315 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.
Point at the share of the load on this lite, (p·LSF)·A².
Redrawn by GlassLoad.com based on the ASTM E1300 16 Figure A1.31 printed chart; results vary by about 0.4 percent.
Redrawn by GlassLoad.com based on the ASTM E1300 16 Figure A1.7 printed chart; results vary by about 0.8 percent.
Outputs
Strength PASS. Deflection FAIL.
Probability of breakage at the design load: not available for insulating glass.
Strength: p = 125.31 psf ≤ LR = 140.45 psf; p/LR = 0.89.
Deflection at CoG: w = 1.12 in > w_allow = 0.60 in (b/100, four edges supported).
CoG: center of glass
GlassLoad.com 140.4 psf, printed 141 psf. The standard printed 6.75 kPa. The printed example is a horizontal skylight and subtracts the glass weight. GlassLoad.com calculated the unit as vertical glass, so the glass weight is not subtracted. The printed value is the one before the glass weight.
Notes
- W7
- E1300 gives no deflection method for IG, so w of each lite is approximate, from Appendix X1 at the share of p that lite carries. Where deflection governs, verify it by an independent method.
- W10
- w is greater than t, so it is rounded to the nearest 0.04 in as E1300 requires. Where the rounding affects the outcome, verify the unrounded w independently.
- W25
- Appendix X1 is evaluated at the thickness t, the Table 4 minimum of the designation and at the share of p that lite carries, which treats the plies as one lite and ignores the interlayer under a long duration load, so w can be understated. Where deflection governs, verify it by an independent method.
- W6
- No Pb is reported for IG, because E1300 gives Pb of IG only in the analytical procedure of E1300 16 6.3.3, which GlassLoad.com does not run. Where Pb is required, calculate it by that procedure.
- W18
- A laminated lite of two plies with an interlayer is read as its thickness designation by E1300 3.2.4.1, where a clause exception sets the designation. For a long duration load, E1300 6.2.10 to 6.2.13 gives the unit the lowest of four values, so check that the designation matches your laminate.
- W27
- Load sharing uses the load share factors LS, which are approximate, and pressure changes in the air space from temperature and altitude are not included. If the unit is at high altitude or sees large temperature changes, check the air space pressure separately.
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