Page . No.

Project:
REF: CANOPY ENL HOUSE
Date: May 18, 2012
Output
Design of flat plates with 4 edges simply supported with uniform loading.
Design & Material Data:
Strenght of glass in compression = 1000 MPa
Elastic Modulus of glass E for Glass = 70000 MPa
Allowable bending stress for laminated glass = 28.0 MPa

Long Edge dimension, a = 1712 mm Actual

Short Edge dimension, b = 1500 mm Actual
Aspect ratio a/b = 1.141
Uniform Loading, q= 2.87 KN/m2
Allowable deflection = span/175
a

At centre of panel,
Maximum bending stress, =(.q.b^2)/t^2, where t is the thickness of glass
Maximum deflection, y = (.q.b^4)/(E/t^3), where t is the thickness of glass

where , are given in the following table for various aspect ratios.
a/b 1.0 1.200 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 Infinity
0.2874 0.3762 0.453 0.5172 0.5688 0.6102 0.713 0.741 0.7476 0.75
0.0444 0.0616 0.077 0.0906 0.1017 0.111 0.134 0.1417 0.1717 0.1421

Calculation
Aspect ratio = 1.141
0.287
0.05

Thickness of glass, t = (.q.b^2/)^0.5 8.14 mm

t = (.q.b^3/E/175)^0.33 10.66 mm

Therefore, 12.38mm laminated