Glass Structures
Period
Summer semester
CPs
8,0
Exam
Written (or oral) examination
Prerequisite
none
Content
- Principles of structural glass: glass types, manufacturing and finishing process, material- and product properties
- Basic technical rules
- Mechanical behaviour and design concept
- Resistance and load bearing capacities
- Construction and design of glass structures
- Connections
- Essentials of adhesive bonding used in glass structures
- Application and processing of adhesives used in glass structures
- Calculation and design of bonded joints used in glass structures; practical examples
- Presentation of projects