New developments in glazing for a better use of solar energy in buildings
Dr. Andreas Gombert
Concentrix Solar GmbH
John Kooymans
The landmark Sears Tower building in Chicago, Illinois generates income through its observation deck at the 103rd floor. Halcrow Yolles was approached by the building owners to help create four structural glass observation galleries that would project beyond the existing building façade and allow pa...
Jens Henrik Nielsen, John Forbes Olesen, Henrik Stang, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
Toughened glass is often used in load carrying elements due to the relatively high tensile strength compared with float glass. The tensile strength of toughened glass is a combination of the pure material strength and the residual stresses imposed by the toughening process. This paper is concerned w...
Antti Aronen & Reijo Karvinen, Tampere University of Technology,Finland
In order to stand high loadings, the glass used in windows and glass constructions must be tempered. In the tempering process the purpose is to create a compressive stress near the glass surface. This can be achieved with proper control of heat transfer, which effects the stress distribution in glas...
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Bill Zhao & Ren Bartoe |
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Kari Heikkilä, Glaston Singapore |
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Mr. YANG Jianjun, Xinyi Glass Holdings Limited & Mr. SHI Xinyong and Dr. BAO Yiwang, China Building Materials Academy |
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Dr. Chihiro Sakai, Nippon Sheet Glass Techno-Research Co.,Ltd. and Masashi Kikuta, Nippon Sheet Glass Co.Ltd. |
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Maslov V.P., V.E. Lashkarjov Institute of Semiconductor Physics of NASU & Rodichev Yu.M., G.S. Pisarenko Institute for Problems of Strength of NASU |
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Dr. Thomas Rainer, Boraglas GmbH |
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Jens Henrik Nielsen, John Forbes Olesen, Henrik Stang, Peter Noe Poulsen BYG-DTU |
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Eero Jalkanen, Product Group Manager Glaston Services Ltd. |
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Richard Green & Stanley Yee, The Facade Group LLC, John Perry, Connell Wagner |
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Michael Emonds & Djomka Hartmann, Aachener Chemische Werke & P.-H. Kroehs & A. Barth, BOHLE AG & Arto Kaonpää, Glaston Services Ltd. Oy |
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J. B. ColvinJCGC Limited |
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J. B. Colvin, JCGC Ltd. |