Print Email Facebook Twitter Connective opportunities of reinforced glass segments: Design and validation of an edge-integrated connection for glass beam segments Title Connective opportunities of reinforced glass segments: Design and validation of an edge-integrated connection for glass beam segments Author Teeuwen, A.S. Contributor Veer, F.A. (mentor) Nijsse, R. (mentor) Klein, T. (mentor) Faculty Architecture and The Built Environment Department Building Technology Programme Glass & Transparency Date 2015-07-03 Abstract There are different options to obtain a structural glass beam with a span of more than 6 meters. One option is segmentation, which has many advantages compared with the other options. However, the choice for segmentation is often avoided, because of aesthetical reasons. Existing connections, even the most slender ones, result in a reduction of the transparency of the beam. While transparency is the key reason to use glass beams. An edge integrated metal section, which is used to reach safe failure behavior, seems to provide an opportunity for a more transparent connection. By coupling of the metal section, the tensile force can be transferred in quite a transparent way. A metal section is not transparent, but by integrating it in the edge of the beam, the transparency of the beam will hardly decrease. The opportunity of connecting beam segments in an edge integrated way, to achieve a highly transparent segmented glass beam, is explored. A connection is designed, and the performance is investigated by FEM models and testing of prototypes. Subject GlassSegmentationReinforcementBeam To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d6e0628f-27d5-44f8-82f7-dadcaed101c3 Embargo date 2015-10-01 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2015 Teeuwen, A.S. Files PDF 1362062_Reflection.pdf 221.58 KB PDF 1362062 Report.pdf 6.47 MB PDF 1362062 Presentation.pdf 2.42 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d6e0628f-27d5-44f8-82f7-dadcaed101c3/datastream/OBJ2/view