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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Laminated glass"”.
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Mechanical characterisation of float and laminated glass
In recent years, glass has experienced growth in its application within engineering and architecture, especially for structural applications [1]. It has been used as various components such as balcony walls, staircases, floors, roofs, and fa¸cades. As demand for secure and safe construction …
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Quantitative and consistent tests for interlayer adhesion in laminated glass
… (DCDC) for determining the toughness of glass/PVB interfaces has been examined. Experiments were conducted on two different types of samples: low and high adhesion. Stress and fracture analysis was conducted using the finite element method. The numerical analysis was first validated …
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Blast Resilience of Glazed Façades: Towards a New Understanding of the Post-Fracture Behaviour of Laminated Glass
Laminated glass panels are increasingly used to improve the blast resilience of glazed facades, as part of efforts to mitigate the threat posed to buildings and their occupants by terrorist attacks. These composite ductile panels offer superior blast resistance and result in reduced glass-related …
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The effect of reinforcement on loadbearing capacity of structural glass
The transparent property of glass makes it a favored choice of material in the design of structures because it maximizes light and creates an illusion of larger spaces. However, it is a very brittle, making it difficult to use as a common building material. Laminated glass significantly improves …
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Strength Design Methods for Glass Structures
… friendly and efficient methods for the design of glass structures are developed. The glass structures comprise various boundary conditions. Several types of glass are considered: single layered glass as well as laminated and insulated glass units. Typical load cases for strength design of glass …
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Glass curtain wall and anchorage system response under blast loading
… to be incorporated into all construction. Glass curtain walls (CW), widely used in administrative and commercial buildings, offer an aesthetic and lightweight solution. They transfer lateral loads to the main structure, comprised of vertical and horizontal aluminum mullions. Laminated glass …
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Dynamics and failure analysis of architectural glazing subjected to blast loading
… fragments from architectural glazing. Use of laminated glass, two soda lime glass plies are adhered to a polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer, has the potential for limiting such hazards. Most of the work on laminated glazing subjected to blast loading has been experimental and primarily geared …
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Analysis of laminated architectural glazing subjected to combined wind and debris impact loading
<p>"Laminated glazing has been a popular form of window glazing in recent years and is found to be effective during extreme weather conditions like hurricane. Laminated glass is composed of two glass layers with a polymer as an interlayer. The main objective of this work involves studying the …
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Luminescent solar concentrator structures for solar energy harvesting and radiation control
… and scattering them to the edges of the glass where they are collected by PV cells to produce electricity. All-inorganic visibly-transparent energy-harvesting clear laminated glass windows are the most practical solution to boosting building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) energy outputs …
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Accelerated Durability Characterization of Laminated Polycarbonate Systems
Glass has long been used in glazing applications because of its transparency, stiffness, hardness, resistance to corrosion, and recyclability. Despite these useful features, however, glass is a very brittle material, lacking the ability to usefully absorb energy. Multi-material laminates have been …
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IN/VISIBLE: Architecture as Somatic Experience
… examining mirrored façades, bottle-green laminated glass, CLT structure, resilient ramp flooring, hardwood gallery floors, and marble atrium surfaces as instruments of somatic registration rather than finishes. ACT IX focuses on light as a temporal and perceptual medium, analyzing how …
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Contribución a la teoría de diseño y a la tecnología de las lentes de FresNel para su uso como concentradores en aplicaciones fotovoltaicas
… it presents a new type of Fresnel lens made of glass acting as support, covered by a silicone layer, acting as refracting material. This lens, called hybrid lens, has proved to be very adequate for these applications, since it combines excellent optical characteristics with durability, low cost …
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Embedded liquid-laminated connections for structural glass applications
The structural use of glass in buildings and constructions has dramatically increased in recent years due to the ever-growing demand for architectural transparency. Indeed, the use of glass has evolved from simple infill panels for framed windows to large frameless facades and primary structural …
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Material efficiency in architectural glass and façade design: Steps toward reuse
… related to these factors was examined. Glass is a key construction material in the materials palette for contemporary façade systems. A material flow analysis of the UK flat glass sector was constructed in this research. This revealed that the practical reuse of architectural glass …