Barrier Loading Glass. Full-height barrier The glass forms part or the whole of a wall element. It must always be recognised that glass is a brittle material and where it is in a safety critical location this should be explicitly taken account of.
Aerofoil Balcony 2 18m high screen structural calculation. For clipped infill panels clips should be positioned around the periphery of the infill panel at a maximum spacing of 600 mm. In both old and new buildings glass is often used to protect a change in level so as to stop people falling.
Such guarding may be a balustrade but can also be a lift shaft or a windowscreen close to floor level.
Glass in free standing protective barriers is usually clamped along the bottom edge of the glass panel with no other support. Each clip should be not less than 50 mm in length and should give a minimum depth of cover to the glass of 25 mm. Full-height barrier The glass forms part or the whole of a wall element. Free Standing Glass Protective Barrier Barrier with Glass Infill Panel Full Height Barrier this may be a conventional window Free Standing Glass Protective Barrier requires four design loadings to be taken into account.
