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  • Glass Strength Under Point Loading

    • Paper by Joshua Schultz, Ph.D, P.E., LEED AP, ENV SP · John Knowles, PE SE · Kedar Malusare

    Structural glass is used in a range of building applications, and while the ASTM E1300 has recently been updated to provide a design method to

  • Undulated Glass Self-shading featured image

    Undulated Glass Self-shading

    • Paper by Nebojsa Jakica, Assistant professor in Facade Design and Engineering Mikkel K. Kragh, Professor, Head of Civil and Architectural Unit

    <p>The research is structured around complex optical effects of undulated glass and coatings that exhibit high reflectivity, especially at higher…

  • The Glass Failure Prediction Model

    • Paper by James G. Soules, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE · Stephen M. Morse, P.E., Ph.D., A.M, ASTM · H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D., F. FTI, F. ASCE, F. ASTM

    ASTM E 1300 Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance (LR) of Glass in Buildings defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being

  • Spandrel Glass Design

    • Paper

    <p>Currently, most spandrel glass in commercial curtain walls comprises insulating glass fabricated using an interior heat strengthened glass lite…

  • Bending Glass in the Parametric Age

    Manipulations of glass that have long seemed speculative are becoming possible with combinations of hot or cold bending, thermal or chemical tempering, and lamination.

  • Heat-Treated Glass

    • Paper by Reece Poth · Conner Claus

    What was once an accepted reality in heat-treated exterior glass, optical disturbances in glass are under increasing scrutiny by developers,

  • Fully Tempered Glass in Spandrel Applications

    • Paper by Stéphane Hoffman, PE · Lawrence D. Carbary

    Recent years have seen an increase in the use of insulated glazing units (IGUs) in spandrel applications to visually blend the appearance between the

  • Innovations with Glass

    • Paper by Jens Schneider · S. Müller-Braun · T. Peters · M. Schuster

    Glass has become a popular building material that is used not only for windows but also as a load-bearing material. New dimensions of glass panes in

  • Specifying Electrochromic Glass

    • Paper by Belinda Valenti, AIA, LEED AP BD+C · Justin Glover, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

    Electrochromic (EC) glass is a seemingly magical solution to a building’s sun shading problems. A technology that was originally developed about