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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Vande Zande, Brian James.     Subjects     Glass construction     Safety glass     Strains and stresses     Structural analysis (Engineering)     MSST Project.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Vande Zande, Brian James.       by title:      Structural glass fin...         MARC Display

Structural glass fin connections / by Brian James Vande Zande. by Vande Zande, Brian James. Subjects Glass construction   Safety glass   Strains and stresses   Structural analysis (Engineering)   MSST Project. Description:  60 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Contents:  Thesis advisor: Dr. Douglas Stahl. Committee members: Dr. Richard DeVries, Michael McGeen. Introduction -- Glass fin basics -- Bearing connections -- Slip-critical connections -- Design parameters -- Conclusions. For centuries, glass has existed as a component in exterior cladding systems because of its transparency. The use of glass in building facades increased as new technology allowed glass panels to be produced larger, and with greater precision. As technology continues to develop stronger glass, and more efficient ways of holding it up, architects are insisting on increasingly transparent structures. Recently, the trends have gone from structural steel supports for glass walls, to structural glass supports for glass walls. Glass is extremely strong, but, unlike steel, its failure is governed by fracture, and it does not reach an inelastic range before failure. This means that special considerations, such as higher factors of safety, must be taken into account when using glass as a structural material. Currently, glass fins are the most popular use of glass as a structural element. In this situation, the fin acts as a wind strut for what is commonly a multi-story glass wall. This paper will address the connections which either transmit forces to the glass fin, through the glass fin, or from the glass fin to a support. Two types of bolted connections will be analyzed, one in which forces are transmitted through bearing on the glass, and another where forces are transmitted through friction.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Walter Schroeder Library Master's Theses AC805 .V361 2011 Available Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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