Early-Stage Temperature Gradients in Glazed Spandrels Due to Aesthetical Features to Support Design for Thermal Shock

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Commendable work. Congratulations.

Technical comments:

1. Environmental conditions: Reference 18 is not in English and could not confirm if the source is credible. Authors can rely on ANS/NFRC boundary conditions (https://www.nfrccommunity.org/page/Techdocs ); these are authoritative as they are used to certify glazing products' Ufactor, SHGC, Tvis, Exfiltration/ air leakage, and Condensation resistance of glazing.

2. Figure 4. NY - daily variation of the thermally-induced temperature gradients: can you add explanation regarding why the sunlit glass temperature is lower than direct solar radiation?

General comment:

1. The results' section doesn't discuss the applicability/ importance to designers (as the authors have stated in the introduction); this is minor comment.

 

Editorial comments: (minor comments)

Figures in page 13 is repeated.

Most of the links to figures/ tables show 'error.'

 

Author Response

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thanks for your comments. Please find attached our below point-by-point answers to your questions.

 

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Reviewer 2 Report

• The author needs to be consistent in stating the objective of the study in both the abstract and the introduction sections.
• The introduction section is wordy. Some text could be moved to a previous studies section.
• The author needs to develop a previous studies section, so as to inform the readers about the latest development in the domain.
• Figures 6 and 7 could not be found in the manuscript
• Figure 10 needs to be in a better resolution.
• The manuscript requires a recommendations section.
• The author needs to discuss the practical impacts of the findings on the industrial sector.
• The authors needs to ensure proper proof-reading of the English language of the manuscript.

Author Response

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thanks for your comments. Please find attached our below point-by-point answers to your questions.

 

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Reviewer 3 Report

This manuscript is interesting and important research work,
but the quality isn't perfect:
same thing wrong are with citation in the text - in its place is "Error! Reference source not found".
Symbols aren't written Italic in the text and in the equations.
The formating of the manuscript is inaqurate, as example same times equations are in the centre of text, but also we can find they on the left side of text.
Also the 2 and 10 figures must be better quality and the figure doesn't have the title on the 13 page.

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

 

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Reviewer 4 Report

It is an interesting paper about the analysis of different glazed solution to evaluate the thermally induced temperature gradients. There are some comments to improve the manuscript:

-The methodology is well, but it need include how was calibrated the models to know that the results are corrects and know the accuracy.

-Figure 4 need to be explained more detailed, for example the days selected.

-Figure 10 has no legend in the axis and units

-There are some errors in the paper about references of figures, tables and equations.

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

 

thanks for your comments. Please find attached our below point-by-point answers to your questions.

 

Best regards

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

The manuscript is now acceptable for publication.