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Abstract Window glass breakage has become a sensitive subject for skyscraper designers, owners, and insurers. Once a minor nuisance handled by routine maintenance, now broken window glass may significantly damage building contents, instigate personal injury claims, and produce adverse publicity for building owners and designers. In addition, the once simple task of selecting a window from among a few clear glass products has become an arduous task involving structural mechanics, polymer chemistry, thermodynamics, ceramic science, coating technology, and hazards analysis. Finally, the modern skyscraper is within a city and houses a community within itself, making cladding performance in hurricanes, earthquakes, and other extreme events an important concern for public safety.
Abstract Window glass breakage has become a sensitive subject for skyscraper designers, owners, and insurers. Once a minor nuisance handled by routine maintenance, now broken window glass may significantly damage building contents, instigate personal injury claims, and produce adverse publicity for building owners and designers. In addition, the once simple task of selecting a window from among a few clear glass products has become an arduous task involving structural mechanics, polymer chemistry, thermodynamics, ceramic science, coating technology, and hazards analysis. Finally, the modern skyscraper is within a city and houses a community within itself, making cladding performance in hurricanes, earthquakes, and other extreme events an important concern for public safety.
Design of Glass Against Breakage
Minor, Joseph E. (author)
Second Century of the Skyscraper ; 397-407
1988-01-01
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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