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Abstract

The wind resistant design of exterior cladding of the building is now a significant problemfor structural engineers. Especially the design method of window glass has become very importantfrom the economic standpoint but the method has not yet been generally established.It is not so simple to assess the deflection of window glass under wind loading, because thedeflection is caused by the bending and the membrane action of the glass. The experimentalresults of the strength of glass are scattered and the cause of the glass failure is complicated. Onthe other hand, the design wind pressure must be determined from some data of experiments inwind tunnels and on real buildings. In the paper, how the design wind load on the window glasscan be estimated and how the deflection and the strength under given wind load can be obtained, are given.