Glass Structures

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Department of Steel and Timber Structures

Synopsis:

The course is intending to deepen the knowledge in the field of structural glass design: determination of glass strength with regard to brittle fracture, thermally and chemically improved glasses; stability of columns, beams and walls, influence of material properties of viscoelastic polymeric interlayers on the behaviour of laminated glass under load, mechanical and adhesive connection for glass structural components.

Requirements:

It is set by the supervisor.

Syllabus of lectures:

It is set by the supervisor.

Syllabus of tutorials:

It is set by the supervisor.

Study Objective:

The course is intending to deepen the knowledge in the field of structural glass design: determination of glass strength with regard to brittle fracture, thermally and chemically improved glasses; stability of columns, beams and walls, influence of material properties of viscoelastic polymeric interlayers on the behaviour of laminated glass under load, mechanical and adhesive connection for glass structural components.

Study materials:

Structural Use of Glass in Buildings (second edition): The Institution of Structural Engineers, 2015, ISBN 978-1-906335-25-0

Le Bourhis, E.: Glass – Mechanics and Technology, Wiley-VCH, 2014, ISBN 978-3-527-33705-7.

Wurm J.: Glass Structures, Birkhauser, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7643-7608-6

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Further information:

https://moodle-vyuka.cvut.cz/my/

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: