By Matthias Haldimann
Fresh architectural developments and technological advancements have caused remarkable possibilities and fascinating alterations within the use of glass in constructions. Structural engineers at the moment have a bewildering array of glass items and configurations to select from and a variety of general and unprecedented loading stipulations to think about, yet only a few unified reference texts for venture those initiatives. This booklet makes an attempt to redress this factor through offering an summary of the hot advancements during this box thereby offering a foundation for the knowledge of the structural functionality and layout of glass in structures. every one bankruptcy attracts at the most modern advancements in perform and learn and includes contributions from numerous overseas glass specialists. the combo of normal and expert content material starting from ideas of thumb to fracture mechanics and novel functions to post-breakage functionality make this e-book precious to practitioners and researchers. moreover, the textual content is supplemented by means of tables of the key codes of perform and by way of an intensive record of references.
Content:
• entrance topic
• Preface
• desk of Contents
1. fabric
2. normal layout instructions
three. Fracture power of Glass components
four. present criteria, instructions and layout equipment
five. layout for Compressive In-Plane quite a bit and balance difficulties
6. layout equipment for better Accuracy and adaptability
7. Glass Connections
eight. distinctive themes
Appendices
• References
Index
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Partial factors as well as guidelines on the design cases are generally given in the material-specific standards or guidelines (see Chapter 4). 9 below provide additional information related to glassspecific actions that are only partially covered in current standards. 2 Wind loads Wind induced pressures give rise to dynamic actions that are normally described by two simplified parameters, the mean wind speed and the turbulence intensity. These parameters are normally used to define an equivalent static wind load on glazing.
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