How to Distinguish Curtain Walls and Doors & Windows?
2010-11-3
Curtain wall is an exterior wall palisade component which is hung on the outside of the architecture framework. Its appropriate weight, under wind load and earthquakes' effect transfer it to the main architecture framework through connecting point. The gap of curtain wall component and connecting adopt the modern architecture technology to deal it, and make curtain wall become a continuous wall. The difference between curtain walls and
windows is that the window around don't direct exposure to architectural framework, or is fixed in two opposite sides, its weight and inherit role through continuous seam to building structural frame, which make the whole building structural frame is directly exposed to building facade, or window wall and window camp between the wall (column) direct exposure to building façade.