INFLUENCE OF NON-GAUSSIAN LOCAL PRESSURES ON CLADDING GLASS

The importance of the non-Gaussian nature of local pressure fluctuatio ns is assessed through a numerical procedure to evaluate glass claddin g damage. The dimensionless damage function developed by Reed and Full er [1] is used in conjunction with a pressure distribution developed b y Matsui et al. [2] to assess this influence. It is shown that a signi ficant difference in damage estimation occurs for a turbulence intensi ty of 20% on rectangular cladding panels. These limited results sugges t that the damage incurred during storms where large pressure fluctuat ions occur may be considerably greater than that estimated using a Gau ssian assumption. This conclusion confirms the earlier work of Holmes [3] who used a different approach.