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Glass Structures

134GLST
Architecture and Construction

Over deze cursus

The course is intending to introduce the students the field of structural applications of glass and to give them some specific skills for calculation and detailing of for basic glass structures: panes beams and fins, columns and walls, point-supported glass, as well as for glazing systems such as glass facades, canopies and roofs, stairs and floors. On this purpose the properties of glass as structural material will be presented in comparison with other basic building materials, together with selected examples of glass/glazing applications. Design details and connecting technology, relevant technical regulations, specification and current methods applied in design will be described. Worked examples will accompany the lectures for better understanding, and design project will help to fix specific knowledge.

Leerresultaten

To learn material properties of glass and principal rules for design of glass structural members. To introduce basic ideas of design glass members and their connections.

Voorkennis

no prerequisities

Bronnen

  • [1] Structural Use of Glass in Buildings (2nd edition): The Institution of Structural Engineers, 2014, ISBN 978-1-906335-25-0
  • [2] Nijsse R.: Glass in Structures, Birkhauser, 2003. ISBN 3-7643-6439-4
  • [3] Wurm J.: Glass Structures, Birkhauser, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7643-7608-6

Activiteiten

Lectures and seminars

Aanvullende informatie

  • Studiepunten
    ECTS 2
  • Contact uren per week
    2
  • Instructeurs
    prof. Ing. Eliášová Martina CSc.
  • Instructievorm
    Hybrid
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Aanbod

  • Startdatum

    17 februari 2025

    • Einddatum
      21 september 2025
    • Periode *
      Summer 2024/2025
    • Voertaal
      Engels
    Inschrijvingsperiode gesloten
Dit aanbod is voor studenten van EPFL (Switzerland)