I NTRODUCTI ON Gl a s sha sbeenus edi nbui l di ngsf orma nyt hous a ndsofy ea r s ,pr ov i di ngs t r uc t ur eswi t hi ns ul a t i ona nda v i ew.Gl a s si ss t i l l us eda swi ndowsa ndt hr oughr es ea r c ha nddev el opment ,gl a s si sbei ngut i l i s edi nnew a ndi nnov a t i v ewa y s .Ex a mpl esbei nggl a s sus eda sr oof i ng,wa l l s ,f a c a des ,s t r uc t ur a l membera ndev en br i dges .Howev er ,gl a s si sa nex t r emel yf r a gi l ema t er i a l a ndi spr onet oc r a c k i nga ndf a i l ur et husc ompos i t esofgl a s smus tbeus edi ns t ea d. Thebr i eff ort hi spr oj ec ti st odes i gnagl a s sbr i dgeus i ngc ompos i t egl a s s .Thi sr epor tc ont a i nst hedet a i l s t ot hebr i dge.
Changesfrom I ni ti alDesi gn Us eofgl a s spl a t ec ompr es s i onc ol umni ns t ea dofs t eel c ol umnt oa ddas ens eoft r a ns pa r enc yt ot he bui l di ng.Howev eri tha si nc r ea s edt hedea dl oa dt a k enat ot a l of6. 2k N. -Thet opc ompr es s i onr i ngha sbeenc ha ngef r om ahol l ows ec t i ont oac i r c ul a rs pa c ef r a met or educ e wei ght . -I nc l us i onofaAl umi ni um P a nel a r oundt heedgeoft hec ompr es s i onr i nga ndbot t om c ha nnel s ec t i on r i ngf ora es t het i cpur pos es .
MATERI ALS L ami nat eGl as sCol umn L a mi na t edGl a s sCol umnsha v ebeendev el opeda tt heDel f tUni v er s i t yofT ec hnol ogyt ha tex hi bi ts t r ong s t r uc t ur a l pr oper t i est ha ta r ei dea l f ort hi spr oj ec t . Thec ol umnc ons i s t soft woc onc ent r i cgl a s sc ol umnshel dt oget herbyal a y erofr es i n.Ther es i nsa l s o s t opsa nds l owsdownt hec r a c k sdur i ngf a i l ur ea ndk eepst hef r a gment edpi ec esa t t a c hedt ot hec or e, gi v i ngt hec ol umns omes t r uc t ur a l pr oper t i esev ena f t erf a i l ur e.
I NI TI ALDESI GN
Pl an1 : 200
Sec t i on1 : 200
FI NALDESI GN
DET AI L1
DET AI L4
DET AI L3
DET AI L2
HALFSECTI ON
GLASSBRI DGEDETAI L|Scale1 : 50 LASATHSI RI WARDENA
1-D1 1st ai nlessSteelrod 2-St ai nlesssteelrod connector 3-R5. 5Glass LAmi nateCOLumn 4-R3GlassLAmi nate COLumn
5-RESI N 6-ST AI NLESSSTEELJOI NT 7-ST AI NLESSSTEELCENTRESCREW
DETAI L1 :GLASS COLUMNJOI NT
GLASSBRI DGEDETAI L|Scale1 : 1 LASATHSI RI WARDENA
1-CUSTOM STEELHOLLOW SECTI ONTRUSS 2-40mm 3PL YPVBTOUGHENED GLASS 3-CUSTOM STEELCHANNELSECTI ON
4-STEELPLATESHELF 7-CUSTOM ST AI NLESSSTEELJOI NT 5-70mm 4pL YPVBGLASSBEAM 8-ST AI NLESSSTEELSHELF 6-3m 60mm 4pL YPVBGLASSWAlkway 9-ST AI NLESSSTEELROD
DETAI L2:GLASS WalkwaySECTI ON
GLASSBRI DGEDETAI L|Scale1 : 1 0 LASATHSI RI WARDENA
EXPLODED RENDER
1-60mm 4pl yPVBglasswalkway 2-St ai nlesssteelcustom screw 3-STRUCTURALSI LI CONESEALANT 4-STEELBEVELEDGE
5-ST AI NLESSSTEELPLATE 6-ST AI NLESSSTEELJOI NT 7-60mm 4pl yPVBGLASSBEAM NOte: WELD JOI NTPLATE
DETAI L3:GLASS WalkwayJOI NT GLASSBRI DGEDETAI L|Scale1 : 2 LASATHSI RI WARDENA
1-D50ST AI NLESSSTEELROD TRUSS CONNECTOR 2-ALUMI NI UM F ACADEPANEL 3-304ST AI NLESSSTEELSCREW
4-STEELD1 00CI RCULARHOLLOW SECTI ONCOMPRESSI ONRI NG 5-STEELSUPORT 6-STEELSUPPORTPLATE, WELD FI XED
7-ST AI NLESSSTEELCOVER 8-STRUCTURALSI LI CONESEALANT 9-1 2mm toughened PVBglassPLATE 1 0-D40STEELROD
1 1 -GLASSCOLUMN 1 2-D1 1STEELROD
DETAI L4:COMPRESSI ONRI NG JOI NT GLASSBRI DGEDETAI L|Scale1 : 5 LASATHSI RI WARDENA