Glass Floor - พื้นกระจก

Design Concept of Glass Floor

The glass floor is analysed by Finite Element Method (FEM) to determine the required thickness of the glass. The concept design for glass floor uses the layer of glass to be the safety factor of the glass floor. As glass itself, unlike other types of steel, when the load exceeds the glass capacity, glass breaks immediately. The concept of layer glass for glass floors arises from German facade engineering. First, we determine the required thickness of glass to withstand self-weight, dead load, and live load. Then, we add another layer of glass to act as a safety factor (2nd layer of glass). Furthermore, we add 3rd layer of glass for public space to add another additional layer to increase more safety factor of glass floor. In other words, 1st layer of glass can withstand the loads, 2nd layer of glass acts as the additional safety factor, and lastly, 3rd layer of glass acts as another additional safety factor for public space. This concept makes sure that if one of the layers is broken, the glass floor shall remain safety for the user.

Materials for Glass Floor

  • Heat Strengthened / Tempered Glass
  • SGP Interlayer
  • Structural Silicone
  • Supported Structure

Analysis Model

Reference Code for Glass Floor

The codes are attached in this website under Reference code page.

  • 2018, Code of Practice for Structural Use of Glass (Buildings Department, Hong Kong)
  • 2006, Glass in Building Australia

Effective Thickness Theory - Glass

The FEA Model of thin glass can be converted to analytical equations by this formula.

Stiffness Matrix ของกระจก

Ref: https://www.eocengineers.com/effective-thickness-adam-nizich/

  • Sandwich Theory – most applicable for simply-supported beams under uniform loading (combined works of Bennison, S., Luible, A., Stamm, K., Witte, H., and Wölfel, E.).
  • Enhanced Effective Thickness – developed for a range of loading and boundary conditions for beams and plates (Galuppi, L. and Royer-Carfagni, G.).
  • Conjugate Beam Effective Thickness – developed for 2-ply cantilevered-beams with various boundary conditions (Galuppi, L., and Nizich, A.).
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