COST Action TU0905 Mid-term Conference on Structural Glass : proceedings of COST Action TU0905 Mid-term Conference on Structural Glass, Poreč, Croatia, 18-19 April 2013

The application of glass as a structural material may seem surprising initially, yet pioneering glass structures were first built two decades ago already. Ever since, Structural Glass has been developing at a very high pace thanks to very intensive scientific and industrial research and new technological developments. Right at the heart of these rapidly evolving developments, the European COST Action TU0905 'Structural Glass - Novel Design Methods and Next Generation Products' is active. With its main goals of unifying, harmonizing and boosting the ongoing developments in structural glass rese Read more... Abstract: The application of glass as a structural material may seem surprising initially, yet pioneering glass structures were first built two decades ago already. Ever since, Structural Glass has been developing at a very high pace thanks to very intensive scientific and industrial research and new technological developments. Right at the heart of these rapidly evolving developments, the European COST Action TU0905 'Structural Glass - Novel Design Methods and Next Generation Products' is active. With its main goals of unifying, harmonizing and boosting the ongoing developments in structural glass rese 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