Clear Inputs
Engineering checks should feel simple at the front, even when the engineering behind them is detailed.
About VitraLab
Facade engineering tools for the small details that decide the job.
VitraLab starts with structural glass calculation, but the ambition is wider: a focused engineering workspace for facade systems, connections, fixings, brackets, aluminium, steel, and the checks that sit between design intent and site reality.
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Purpose
Not only glass. The facade as a structure.
A facade is not just a pane, a frame, or a bracket. It is a chain of small structural decisions: how load travels through glass, aluminium, steel, screws, bolts, bearings, anchors, and supports. VitraLab helps make those checks clearer and easier to run.
Readable Checks
Outputs should show what governs, why it governs, and whether the design passes.
Practical Scope
From glass panels to fixings and frame components, the focus is usable project calculation.
Big systems fail through small details.
VitraLab is for the engineer who wants those details visible, checkable, and easier to communicate.
Structural glass checks: ULS, SLS, deflection, wind, maintenance, barrier, monolithic, laminated, and DGU output.
Facade context: support conditions, load paths, component forces, and connection details.
Connection checks: screw pull-out, bearing, shear, tension, bolt resistance, and aluminium or steel bearing behaviour.
Clear output: focused tools that show inputs, assumptions, utilization, and result summaries.
Engineering Check Coverage
Focused calculation tools for facade structures
VitraLab groups common glass, fixing, bolt, bearing, and connection checks into practical tools for everyday engineering use.
Screws & Fixings
Pull-out, shear, tension, bearing, and combined action checks for practical fixing design.
Bolts & Plates
Shear, tension, bearing, spacing, edge distance, and allowable resistance checks.
Aluminium & Steel
Local bearing, section behaviour, connection response, and supporting member checks.
Curtain Walling
Stick and unitised facade checks, from member actions to connection details.
Load Paths
Wind, dead load, imposed load, and local reactions carried through the facade assembly.
Reports
Clear calculation outputs that can support review, coordination, and design decisions.
Run a structural glass calculation.
Run structural glass checks for loads, stress, deflection, and result summaries in one workflow.
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