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Architectural curtain wall as early as 150 years ago (the middle of the 19th century) has been used in the construction engineering, due to the limitation of materials and processing technology, curtain wall to reach absolute water tightness, air tightness and resist various natural forces (wind,...Read more »
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The application of architectural curtain walls began in the late 19th century, when they were only used in parts of buildings and on a small scale. The "Crystal Palace" built for the Industrial Exposition in London in 1851 was the earliest primary architectural curtain wall. In the 1950s, with th...Read more »
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BIM, also known as Building Information Modeling, is based on the relevant Information data of the curtain wall construction project as the model to establish the Building model and simulate the real Information of the Building through digital Information simulation. It has five characteristics o...Read more »
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In the mid-1980s, with the rise of high-rise buildings in China, aluminum alloy glass curtain wall began to be used, which is a high-grade external wall structure more expensive than aluminum doors and Windows. Nevertheless, lightweight, high-strength and excellent performance of aluminum alloy p...Read more »
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Through the investigation of the actual engineering of door and window curtain wall and the production, sales, construction and use of silicone rubber, the common problems of the quality of silicone rubber products for door and window curtain wall are summarized as follows: Wrong early selection....Read more »
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The curtain wall facade of the Shanghai central building is divided into 13 systems: the PG1 type single-story cable mesh glass curtain wall system located at the commercial entrance of the east facade; PG2 type large-span thin plate separator point supported glass curtain wall located in the nor...Read more »
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Key and difficult points of modern curtain wall design of large airport terminal 1) Comprehensive determination of curtain wall type and structural system; 2) Establishment of the mechanical relationship between curtain wall structure system and main structure; 3) the relationship between the con...Read more »
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Solve the fire hazard: the closed double curtain wall has no air circulation channel between floors, and it is unnecessary to consider the fire protection requirements of the ordinary double curtain wall in the installation of alarm and spray system between floors. The details of fire prevention ...Read more »
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What is curtain wall? What is an outer window? The question seems self-evident. However, in the actual project of building curtain wall doors and Windows, many disputes did occur, because the parties concerned to "curtain wall" and "outside window" understanding is different, in the project cost ...Read more »
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Mingfa New city financial main building unitised curtain wall plane is basically equilateral triangle. The three sides of the triangle use a large radius arc, the radius of the arc is 79.575 meters; The three vertices of the triangle use small radius arc, the radius of the arc is 10.607 meters; T...Read more »
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With the continuous improvement of architectural decoration and aesthetic requirements, more and more curtain wall building began to use glass guardrail. In the engineering design of outdoor glass guardrail, designers usually directly use the current load code, engineering design code and some pr...Read more »
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Viewing the construction drawing and site, the glass curtain wall in the damaged area is the glass rib barge glass curtain wall, the glass panel of the curtain wall is 19mm tempered white glass, the glass rib is 19+1.52 PVB +19mm tempered laminated white glass, and the width of the glass rib is 5...Read more »
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When the selected silicone structural adhesive is connected, the maximum stress value of the curtain wall facade only decreases by 0.4%, and the maximum deflection value only decreases by 11.1%. This is because the elastic modulus of the silicone structural adhesive is only 1.4mpa, far less than ...Read more »
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A careful analysis of China's real estate policies in recent years shows that China's real estate industry has always been in the contraction, moderate liberalization, appropriate control, individual fine-tuning adjustment mode transformation. Therefore, window curtain wall industry also continue...Read more »
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Fuzhou Strait International Convention and Exhibition Center is located in Puxiazhou, Chengmen Town, Cangshan District, Fuzhou, with a total land area of 668949m2, a design land area of 461715m2 and a construction area of 386,420m2, including exhibition center (H1, H2) and conference center (C1)....Read more »
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After the linear cable bears the wind load, it is inevitable to produce deflection. Only after the deflection can the cable transfer the wind load to the support. The greater the deflection, the stronger the wind resistance ability. Restricting the deflection of the cable is to limit the wind res...Read more »
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The energy saving design of curtain wall, as the name implies, is to reduce the energy consumption of the building brought by the curtain wall. The building is connected with the outside world through the outer envelope (including the curtain wall), so the heat transfer and heat insulation effect...Read more »
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In certain occasion, when people are passing by a curtain wall building, the cracking of the glass may cause the glass fragments to fall off and hurt people. What’s worse, it may even cause the whole glass to fall off and hurt people. Apart from that, the unreasonable reflection of sunlight, espe...Read more »
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In the modern curtain wall design, glass is the main boundary material between the inside and the outside of a curtain wall. In other words, glass gives the possibility to see what is outside, and also provides natural light, as well as separate from the weather elements. Besides, it also gives u...Read more »
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Making a decision between curtain wall and window wall can be tricky due to the many variables that should be considered for building envelope systems. As a matter of fact, there is a lot to take into consideration when people want to select a glazing system in the building construction. And the ...Read more »
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A curtain wall is an aesthetically tasteful facade for commercial buildings. In most cases, it is usually thin and mostly features aluminum-framed walls that contain glass infills. It does not support the roof or the weight of the walling because the framing is supposed to be attached to the buil...Read more »
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Over the last decades, stainless steel has been recognized as a versatile high-end material and became a dominant design element in an increasing number of building facade projects. To use stainless steel profiles as curtain wall structure is such a typical example in the modern curtain wall syst...Read more »
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Nowadays, modern curtain wall design benefits building facades with glass and metal to protect the interior and its occupants from the elements and create a safe and comfortable environment. Besides, curtain walls are an excellent way to bring natural light into the building in applications. &nbs...Read more »
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Nowadays, modern curtain wall design enables glass to be used safely in high-rise commercial buildings, creating consistent and attractive facades. Especially as glass and glazing industry is constantly evolving, modern curtain wall construction has made great progress in the construction industr...Read more »
