Design of a Transparent Column in Glass and Steel

Authors

  • F. Roebroek Eindhoven University of Technology image/svg+xml
  • B. Snijder Eindhoven University of Technology image/svg+xml
  • F. van Herwijnen ABT
  • E Huveners Volantis B.V.

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7480/cgc.2.2342

Published

2010-05-20

Issue

Vol. 2 (2010): Challenging Glass 2

Section

Laminated Glass & Interlayer Properties

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Copyright (c) 2010 F. Roebroek, B. Snijder, F. van Herwijnen, E Huveners

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Abstract

The use of in-plane loaded glass panes allows for highly transparent and material efficient structures. This research focuses on the design of a transparent and safe column in glass and steel, in which an extremely slender steel column is laterally supported by in-plane loaded glass panes. Full-scale experiments have been carried out to determine the stability behaviour of the glass-steel column and to obtain valuable data to calibrate a Finite Element model. Most importantly, it is shown that the concept of the glass-steel column is perfectly feasible.