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Earthquake Tests of Glass Structures

 Earthquake Tests of Glass Structures
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Presented at 17th IABSE Congress: Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, USA, 17-19 September 2008, published in , pp. 632-633
DOI: 10.2749/222137908796294261
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Worldwide investigations to protect people in case of earthquakes in seismic active regions like e.g. Japan or part of the United States are done. Earthquake engineering develops differnet methods ...
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Author(s):
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: 17th IABSE Congress: Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, USA, 17-19 September 2008
Published in:
Page(s): 632-633 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 632-633
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.2749/222137908796294261
Abstract:

Worldwide investigations to protect people in case of earthquakes in seismic active regions like e.g. Japan or part of the United States are done. Earthquake engineering develops differnet methods for design of building or bridges with minimised risk of collapse due to earthquake. But there is an – often underestimated – risk for the health of people outside the buildings (e.g. on pavements) in case of an earthquake caused by falling parts of facades or canopies.

In this paper basics of glass structures (different applications and bearing situations, different kinds of glass) and an overview about their design is given briefly. The main part is testing of glass elements with a special focus on earthquake tests which are done in laboratory of the Universität der Bundeswehr München at present. Research work will be continued with different bearing situations and other common applications like facades.

Keywords:
design façade testing earthquake glass structure canopy