Thermal breakage of glass

Marc Vandebroek; Jan Belis; Christian Louter

doi:10.1201/b14563-77

Thermal breakage of glass

Marc Vandebroek, Jan Belis, Christian Louter

Steel & Composite Structures

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Abstract

During their lifetime, glass panels are repetitively exposed to thermal stresses. These thermal stresses result from temperature differences within the panel, which most notably cause the edges of the panels to be stressed in tension. When these thermal stresses exceed the glass edge strength, failure will occur. In this study, the thermal stresses are calculated by finite element software on the basis of real climate data during a twenty year period. By means of these finite element analyses it is investigated whether or not the stresses in the glass exceed the edge strength of the glass, thereby causing its failure. For this purpose, the yearly maximum stresses are derived from the model. In addition, the entire thermal stress history has been taken into account to incorporate the effects of stress corrosion on the edge strength of the glass. From the study it is observed that the latter criterion may be more stringent than the former.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Title of host publication	COST Action TU0905, Mid-term Conference on Structural Glass
Editors	Jan Belis, Christian Louter, Danijel Mocibob
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Pages	563-569
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-138-00044-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/b14563-77
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	COST action TU0905 mid-term conference on structural glass - Porec, Croatia Duration: 18 Apr 2013 → 19 Apr 2013

Conference

Conference	COST action TU0905 mid-term conference on structural glass
Abbreviated title	COST action TU0905
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Porec
Period	18/04/13 → 19/04/13

Keywords

thermal breakage
edge strength

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10.1201/b14563-77

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