19 AS 1288—2006

3.3.3 Serviceability limit states

Glass shall be designed for the serviceability limit states by controlling or limiting
deflection.
The maximum deflection for all glass under serviceability limit state actions shall be
limited to—
(a) span/60 for two-, three- or four- edge supported panels; or
(b) height/30 (or cantilever length/30) for cantilevered panels such as cantilevered
structural glass balustrade.
Glass designed in accordance with Section 4 and other relevant sections, as appropriate, is
deemed to comply with the requirements of this Clause.
For the purpose of this Clause, the serviceability loading for wind loading shall be based on
a 20-year return period.

3.4 LAMINATED GLASS AND INSULATING GLASS UNITS

3.4.1 Laminated glass
The following applies:
(a) For short-term load durations, the actual total minimum glass thickness, as specified
in Table 4.1, shall be used.
NOTE: Table 4.1 is applicable for both symmetrical and non-symmetrical laminates.
(b) For medium or long-term load durations, the strength of each sheet shall be checked
where the proportion of the total load to be resisted by each sheet is ksheet, taken as the
larger of the following:
 3 
 t sheet 
ksheet =
∑ ti3 
 
 i 
or
 2 
 t sheet 
ksheet =
∑ ti2 
 
 i 
where
ksheet = load-sharing factor of sheet being checked
tsheet = thickness of sheet being checked. Unless known, minimum glass
thickness, as per Clause 3.6, shall be used
ti = thickness of each sheet of glass within the assembly. Unless known,
minimum glass thickness, as per Clause 3.6, shall be used
i = total number of sheets within the assembly
NOTE: For laminated glass with two sheets of equal thickness, k sheet = 0.5.
Alternatively, a full non-linear analysis, modelling the glass-interlayer sheets behaviour,
may be undertaken.

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