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  1. GallileoFacades

    Unusual Wind Load Condition

    Hi, I'm trying to determine a suitable wind load that's acting on a wall within a "pocket" of a building. See image attached. As noted in the image, the pocket does not have a roof on it so the walls within the pocket will experience some suction. Could I simply set the suction load on the wall...
  2. GallileoFacades

    Aluminum Design to CSA S157-17 Section 11.3.1 for Unrestrained Members

    Hi, For aluminum member designs to CSA S157-17, do your typical Alumicor and Kawneer curtain wall mullions constitute a deep rectangular solid or hollow section under section 11.3.1 when assessing lateral buckling of unrestrained beams? I ask as if I assume the general case (a), λ is higher...
  3. GallileoFacades

    Facade Question: Window Wall Strap Anchors

    Hi I'm looking for some advice for a window wall facade system. A system I'm working on has strap anchors around the sides and top of the frame which tie back to the main supporting building structure. My question specifically is related to at he head of the system as we need to allow for 1"...

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