Designing a window

The first choices to be made regard the type of constraint (continuous profiles, single-point fixings, etc.) and the type of site where the structure must be installed.

The following values will be defined according to the installation site:

  1. the value of the linear static load to be applied
  2. the distributed load to be applied to the entire glass panel is based on the average and impulse wind load
  3. the maximum temperature the system can reach once installed
  4. the polymer interlayer, which must be chosen according to how it behaves at the operating temperature and in high humidity conditions

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