10-08-2012, 12:47 PM
Glass structures
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Introduction
Uniform material, a solidified liquid
Made of soda , lime and silica
It has unusual behaviour
Does not have melting point
Fracture without warning
Transparent
Types Of Glass
Float Glass
Most widely used
Range of thickness 2mm to 19mm
Coloured during Manufacturing
Patterned Glass
Translucent
Low bending strength
Design methods
Permissible stress design
Basis on permissible stresses
Do not justice with material behaviour
Simple approach
Limit state
Serviceability
Ultimate limit state
characteristics of glass:
Solid and hard material
Disordered and amorphous structure
Fragile and easily breakable into sharp pieces
Transparent to visible light
100% recyclable
biologically inactive material.