Papers

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  • All-Glass Bearing Facades

    • Paper by Erwin ten Brincke

    The Green Village at the TU Delft is a living lab for sustainable innovations. The Co Creation Centre (CCC) will be their new meeting center (13.5 x

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    Printed Facades?

    • Paper by Philipp L. Rosendahl, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chris Borg Costanzi, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Philipp A. Chhadeh, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Robert Akerboom, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Benedikt Waldschmitt, Institute for Steel Construction and Materials Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Alexander Wolf, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt Marvin Kehl, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ulrich Knaack, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    <p>While additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented freedom of design and a remarkable potential for material efficiency and lightweight…

  • Case Study: Renovation of Fountain Place

    • Paper by Alfonso Lopez P.E. · David Dunham P.E · Diarmuid Kelleher P.E., S.E.

    Fountain Place is a project that exemplifies the latest technology and applications in building skin design and jumbo structural glass applications,

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    Advances in Effective Thickness

    • Paper by Adam J Nizich, P.E., Senior Consulting Engineer Andrea M. La Greca, P.E., Consulting Engineer Laura Galuppi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics

    <p>Effective thickness is a simplified method for the structural evaluation of laminated glass section properties. The method consists of defining…

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    Simplicity is Deceiving

    • Paper by Giovanni De Mari, BSc(Hons) MScEng Ing CEng MICE, Senior Engineer Kerry Hegedus, architect (WA, AZ), architect, senior associate

    <p>The case study presented is a 195 meters tall office tower with a raised podium made of 16 meters full height glass panels (and smaller). The…

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    Feasibility of Measuring Stress in Glass with a SCALP

    • Paper by Nabhajit Goswami, Student Stephen M Morse, P.E., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

    <p>The SCALP device is designed to measure the residual compressive surface stress of glass. As the SCALP does not rely on the birefringence…

  • Seismic Design of Jumbo Glass Structures

    • Paper by Alfonso E. Lopez, P.E. · David Dunham, P.E.

    The design of structural glass systems continues to evolve with the parallel development of new manufacturing technology. Improvements in the

  • Realizing Bespoke Structural Glass Facades

    • Paper by Ned Kirschbaum, FAIA, CCCA, LEED AP · Peter Koukos · Alfonso Lopez, P.E.

    In the very earliest stages of a design, an architect imagines a unique glazed facade form and wonders, “Is this possible?” and “What will it cost?”

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    Kinematic Structural Glass

    • Paper by Lisa Follman, AIA, Gregor Horstmeyer, PE,

    <p>The structural glass storefront facade at 111 Main Street in Salt Lake City lends itself as a case study in accommodating large building…

  • Designing Structural Laminated Glass

    • Paper by Vaughn Schauss

    Laminated glass with standard PVB has long been used for safety and security due to its ability to adhere the broken glass fragments together. As the

  • Glass Strength Under Point Loading

    • Paper by Joshua Schultz, Ph.D, P.E., LEED AP, ENV SP · John Knowles, PE SE · Kedar Malusare

    Structural glass is used in a range of building applications, and while the ASTM E1300 has recently been updated to provide a design method to