Influence of Edge Design and Location of Load Introduction on the Loadbearing Capacity of Glass
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Daniel Neumer
Geralt Siebert |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Conference: Elegance in structures, Nara, Japan, 13-15 May 2015 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Conference Nara 2015 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 130-131 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 5 | ||||
| Year: | 2015 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137815815774296 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The common cause of glass failure are cracks originating at the glass edges. This circumstance becomes even more significant for load bearing glass structures, because external loads are normally introduced to the glass edge. This requires an optimisation of the support conditions. In this paper two factors involved in this problem are highlighted: the edge design and the location of the load introduction. This paper shows the first results of a research project. |
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| Keywords: |
structural glass glass edge edge design Load Introduction
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