Inadequate Glass Thickness
All glass is engineered to withstand expected wind loads at the site. If the pane is very large and the thickness selected is inadequate, wind loads can cause breakage.
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Famous quotes containing the words inadequate, glass and/or thickness:
“Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.”
—Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956)
“Here in the centre stands the glass. Light
Is the lion that comes down to drink. There
And in that state, the glass is a pool.
Ruddy are his eyes and ruddy are his claws
When light comes down to wet his frothy jaws”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“For his teeth seem for laughing round an apple.
There lurk no claws behind his fingers supple;
And God will grow no talons at his heels,
Nor antlers through the thickness of his curls.”
—Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)