How to distinguish between glass curtain wall and decorative glass curtain wall
Personal understanding: glass membrane wall is a maintenance structure, play a basic role in the enclosure. Decorative, estimated can be regarded as building components, no need to exist.
Glass curtain wall panel material is glass, decorative curtain wall of the panel material can be stone or metal plate, decorative curtain wall is generally masonry or concrete as the main body of the envelope, and glass curtain wall is generally a glass panel as a envelope structure.
Glass membrane wall is a maintenance structure, play a basic role in the enclosure. Decorative, estimated can be regarded as building components, no need to exist. JGJ 102-2003 "glass curtain wall engineering technical specifications" is the definition of the glass curtain wall: the construction of the curtain wall: the structure of the support system and the panel can be relative to the main structure of a certain displacement capacity, does not share the main structure of the role of the building periphery Protective structure or decorative structure. Glass curtain wall: panel material for the glass building curtain wall. It can be seen whether the glass curtain wall is the key to see whether the glass structure has a certain displacement ability with the main structure of the whole house building and does not share the structure of the main body structure. If the glass support base is derived from the main body of the building, such as steel or steel that supports the glass, it can not be called a glass curtain wall by the pillars, beams or walls of the main building.
