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