COST Action TU0905 Mid-term Conference on Structural Glass

Front Cover......Page 1
Table of contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Conference organization......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
KEYNOTE LECTURE......Page 18
Mechanical damage at glass surface......Page 20
ACTIONS ON GLASS STRUCTURES......Page 24
A reduced model for glass structures subjected to dynamic impact loads......Page 26
Use of single layered toughened glass for sound barriers......Page 34
Glazing influence on the seismic resistance of prefabricated timber-framed buildings......Page 42
Hybrid glass structures for building skins – actions and requirements......Page 50
ARCHITECTURAL GEOMETRIES WITH GLASS......Page 60
Architectural aspect of structural glass roof design......Page 62
Design of metal-glass pavilion in urban protected area based on Voronoi generated structure......Page 70
Function follows form... Strategies for integrated design of complex glass envelopes......Page 78
Applications for curved glass......Page 86
Load-bearing behaviour of splice-laminated glass beams for wide spans......Page 94
FACADES......Page 110
Assessment of Eurocode 8 limited damage criteria for frame glazed stick walls......Page 112
Development of interactive double skin glass facade with external structural envelope......Page 120
Evaluation of damping properties of structural glass panes under impact loading......Page 130
Structural design of blast enhanced cable net facades......Page 138
Architectural geometry of timber-glass buildings and its impact on energy flows through building skin......Page 150
Innovative design tool to optimize blast enhanced façade systems......Page 158
GLASS FAILURE ANALYSIS......Page 170
The breakage of glass – Thermal shock and nickel sulfide inclusion......Page 172
Post-fracture behaviour of laminated plates after human impact test......Page 182
Usage of elastic strain energy for the higher residual strength......Page 190
GLASS STRENGTH & AGEING OF GLASS......Page 198
General technical approval for curved annealed and curved tempered glass in Germany......Page 200
Improving with FEM the glass fracture stress obtained from coaxial double ring test......Page 206
Ongoing model development analyzing glass fracture......Page 214
Structural glass lifetime prediction model based on environmental variables......Page 222
Characterization of the scratch visibility of annealed and tempered soda-lime-silicate glass......Page 232
Fracture strength of glass, engineering testing methods and estimation of characteristic values......Page 240
Ratio of mirror zone depth to flaw depth after failure of glass beams......Page 252
HYBRID GLASS COMPONENTS......Page 260
Simulation of earthquake load imposed on timber-glass composite shear wall panel......Page 262
Experimental study of timber-glass composite wall elements......Page 270
Experimental analysis on steel reinforced glass beams at different temperatures......Page 278
Load bearing timber glass composites – A WoodWisdom-Net project for innovative building system......Page 286
Post-tensioned structural glass beams – Experimental investigations......Page 294
Post-cracking behaviour of reinforced glass beams......Page 302
INSULATING GLASS UNITS......Page 310
Thermal-mechanical behaviour of insulating glass units......Page 312
LAMINATED GLASS & INTERLAYER PROPERTIES......Page 322
Experimental determination and numerical description of viscoelastic properties of glass interlayer......Page 324
Meeting the challenges of the modern world with liquid composite laminated glass......Page 334
Experimental assessment of polymers in glass constructions......Page 340
Strain rate effects on bending capacity of laminated glass panes......Page 348
Characterization of interlayer properties – TG06 Status Report......Page 356
TEC facade – Glass as functional facade element......Page 366
A new experimental test set-up for investigating impact resistance of laminated glass......Page 376
Snow load collectives and design shear moduli for laminated safety glass......Page 384
A material law for shear load and creep behaviour of glass laminates......Page 394
NUMERICAL MODELING & EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION......Page 406
Analysis of the debonding risks and the failure of laminated glass thanks to a coupled analytical-numerical investigation......Page 408
Numerical analyses of the effect of SG-interlayer shear stiffness on the structural performance of reinforced glass beams......Page 422
Numerical simulation of elastic, fracture and post-failure response of monolithic and laminated glass under impact loading......Page 430
Experimental and numerical investigations of metal-to-glass embedded connections with thin stainless steel plate......Page 438
Numerical analysis of hot deformed corrugated glass plates......Page 446
Numerical investigation of insulation glass units with undercut point fittings......Page 454
STABILITY OF GLASS COMPONENTS......Page 464
Buckling analysis of monolithic and laminated glass elements eccentrically compressed......Page 466
Analytical, numerical and experimental prediction of lateral torsional buckling of PVB and SG laminated glass beams......Page 474
STRUCTURAL GLASS CONNECTIONS......Page 482
From design to reality – fabricating and assembling two pleated double-curved glass shell structures......Page 484
Connecting through reinforcement – Experimental analysis of the temperature dependent behaviour......Page 494
Determination of the material properties of an epoxy and MS-polymer for adhesive point-fixings......Page 502
Stainless steel fabric as a connection system for bomb blast glass......Page 510
Numerical investigation of a novel connection in tempered glass using holes drilled after tempering......Page 516
Parametric numerical investigation of adhesive laminated point connections......Page 524
STRUCTURAL GLASS DESIGN PHILOSOPHY......Page 534
Philosophical questions of designing glass – The need for a structural glass standard......Page 536
Glass structures – Learning from experts......Page 544
Revaluating architecture with glass......Page 554
Structural glass – Review of design philosophies & analysis methods......Page 562
Design and construction of the feature glass stair for the new Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia......Page 572
THERMAL FRACTURE OF GLASS......Page 578
Thermal breakage of glass......Page 580
THERMAL TEMPERING OF GLASS......Page 588
Heat transfer phenomena and theories governing residual stress formation in glass tempering......Page 590