LOAD BEARING CAPACITY OF THE GLASS RAILING ELEMENT

In this paper some basic physical and mechanical properties of glass as structural material are presented. This research is about specifically manufactured glass railing element that will be a part of a pedestrian bridge construction in Zagreb, Croatia. Load bearing capacity test of the glass railin...

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Main Authors: Elizabeta Šamec, Domagoj Damjanovic, Joško Krolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Technical University in Prague 2016-02-01
Series:Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
Online Access:https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/3079
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Summary:In this paper some basic physical and mechanical properties of glass as structural material are presented. This research is about specifically manufactured glass railing element that will be a part of a pedestrian bridge construction in Zagreb, Croatia. Load bearing capacity test of the glass railing element is conducted within the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Zagreb and obtained experimental results are discussed and compared to the ones provided by the numerical model. Taking into account the behaviour of laminated glass and results of experimental and numerical testing, glass railing element can be regarded as safe.
ISSN:2336-5382