One-Dimensional-Unsteady Thermal Stress in Heat-Ray Absorbing Sheet Glass： Influence of a Sudden Weather Change

Heat-ray absorbing sheet glass can decrease electric energy used for air-conditioning by controling the incoming heat-ray through windows into the rooms.On the other hand,the glasses increase the temperature and sometimes yield heat cracks by thermal stresses.It is important to know the state of thermal stress accurately in order to develop heat-ray absorbing sheet glasses with higher performance and without heat cracks.A conventional design manual at field site treats the steady state and the thermal boundary condition that all heat-rays are absorbed at glass surface.In this paper,it is assumed that the heat-ray is absorbed over all the plate thickness.The idea of the local absorptibity per unit length is introduced.The modeling of internal heat absorbing process is proposed.It can explain well that the total absorptivity depends on the plate thickness.The temperature and the thermal stresses are calculated and discussed.Sudden weather changes such as rain and/or wind after the glass is heated to be steady state are also discussed.Those weather changes are treated with the change of amount of absorbed heat-ray and/or the change of heat transfer coefficient between the glass surface and the outside atmosphere.