Frame-supported curtain wall is also an enclosure system that has been widely used. Zhognhong curtain wall has the most sophisticated technology of the time and construction capability . In terms of frame-supported curtain wall, its column, beam and panel are installed in situ in turn. Among them, the panel material can be pre- processed as units in the factory and then fixed on the frame made by column and the beam. The bearing load of panel unit will be transmitted to major structure through the column (or beam).
Frame- supported curtain wall includes:
Exposed frame-supported curtain wall: Refers to the frame-supported curtain wall, of which the structural members of metal frames are exposed on the exterior surface of panel.
Hidden frame-supported curtain wall: Refers to the frame-supported curtain wall, of which the structural members of metal frames will not be exposed on the exterior surface of panel.
Semi-hidden frame-supported curtain wall: Refers to the frame-supported curtain wall, of which the vertical or horizontal structural members of metal frame are exposed on the exterior surface of panel.