Panel framing details of curtain walls.
Curtain wall system detail.
When glass is used as the curtain wall an advantage is that natural light can penetrate deeper within the building.
Unitized system is identified by the split mullions and the transforms that are evident in the panel perimeters as shown in figure 5.
Because these units are frequently custom designed the amount of movement to be accommodated can be carefully engineered into the system.
Unitized curtain wall.
A curtain wall system is an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non structural utilized only to keep the weather out and the occupants in.
During longer spans there will be a need for.
Unitized curtain wall systems accommodate the differential movement between the structure and the thermal movement of the frame at the joints between each curtain wall unit.
In case of sticky curtain wall there is no sort of splits all forms a single unit.
Since the curtain wall is non structural it can be made of lightweight materials thereby reducing construction costs.
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