STRUCTURAL GLASS FACADES - USC School of Architecture

List of Tables
Table 2-1 Wire rope construction (Wire Rope 2008). 85
Table 2-2 Hayden Planetarium, New York; Polshek Partnership architect, glass fixing by
TriPyramid Structures (TriPyramid 2005). 86
Table 2-3 Properties of Soda-Lime-Silica Float Glass (Pilkington 2008). 89
Table 2-4 Raw materials used in typical float glass (Pilkington 2008, p.2). 90
Table 2-5 Chemical analysis of a typical clear float glass (Pilkington 2008, p.2). 90
Table 2-6 Glass weights (Anver 2008 modified). 90
Table 2-7 Characteristics of heat-treated glass (GANA 2005, p.7). 103
Table 2-8 Data compiled from the websites of Viracon and Pilkington regarding distortion
resulting from heat-treatment (Viracon 2008b) (Pilkington n.d.). 107
Table 2-9 Maximum glass sizes. 110
Table 6-1 Attributes of structure types. 181
Table 6-2 Morphological categorization of facade structure types. 182
Table 6-3 Strongback attributes. 197
Table 6-4 Glass fin attributes. 200
Table 6-5 Space frame/space truss attributes. 205
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