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Preface	p. xi
Conference organization	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Keynote Lecture
Mechanical damage at glass surface	p. 3
Actions on Glass Structures
A reduced model for glass structures subjected to dynamic impact loads	p. 9
Use of single layered toughened glass for sound barriers	p. 17
Glazing influence on the seismic resistance of prefabricated timber-framed buildings	p. 25
Hybrid glass structures for building skins - actions and requirements	p. 33
Architectural Geometries with Glass
Architectural aspect of structural glass roof design	p. 45
Design of metal-glass pavilion in urban protected area based on Voronoi generated structure	p. 53
Function follows form... Strategies for integrated design of complex glass envelopes	p. 61
Applications for curved glass	p. 69
Load-bearing behaviour of splice-laminated glass beams for wide spans	p. 77
Facades
Assessment of Eurocode 8 limited damage criteria for frame glazed stick walls	p. 95
Development of interactive double skin glass facade with external structural envelope	p. 103
Evaluation of damping properties of structural glass panes under impact loading	p. 113
Structural design of blast enhanced cable net facades	p. 121
Architectural geometry of timber-glass buildings and its impact on energy flows through building skin	p. 133
Innovative design tool to optimize blast enhanced façade systems	p. 141
Glass Failure Analysis
The breakage of glass - Thermal shock and nickel sulfide inclusion	p. 155
Post-fracture behaviour of laminated plates after human impact test	p. 165
Usage of elastic strain energy for the higher residual strength	p. 173
Glass Strength & Ageing of Glass
General technical approval for curved annealed and curved tempered glass in Germany	p. 183
Improving with FEM the glass fracture stress obtained from coaxial double ring test	p. 189
Ongoing model development analyzing glass fracture	p. 197
Structural glass lifetime prediction model based on environmental variables	p. 205
Characterization of the scratch visibility of annealed and tempered soda-lime-silicate glass	p. 215
Fracture strength of glass, engineering testing methods and estimation of characteristic values	p. 223
Ratio of mirror zone depth to flaw depth after failure of glass beams	p. 235
Hybrid Glass Components
Simulation of earthquake load imposed on timber-glass composite shear wall panel	p. 245
Experimental study of timber-glass composite wall elements	p. 253
Experimental analysis on steel reinforced glass beams at different temperatures	p. 261
Load bearing timber glass composites - A WoodWisdom-Net project for innovative building system	p. 269
Post-tensioned structural glass beams - Experimental investigations	p. 277
Post-cracking behaviour of reinforced glass beams	p. 285
Insulating Glass Units
Thermal-mechanical behaviour of insulating glass units	p. 295
Laminated Glass & Interlayer Properties
Experimental determination and numerical description of viscoelastic properties of glass interlayer	p. 307
Meeting the challenges of the modern world with liquid composite laminated glass	p. 317
Experimental assessment of polymers in glass constructions	p. 323
Strain rate effects on bending capacity of laminated glass panes	p. 331
Characterization of interlayer properties - TG06 Status Report	p. 339
TEC facade - Glass as functional facade element	p. 349
A new experimental test set-up for investigating impact resistance of laminated glass	p. 359
Snow load collectives and design shear moduli for laminated safety glass	p. 367
A material law for shear load and creep behaviour of glass laminates	p. 377
Numerical Modeling & Experimental Validation
Analysis of the debonding risks and the failure of laminated glass thanks to a coupled analytical-numerical investigation	p. 391
Numerical analyses of the effect of SG-interlayer shear stiffness on the structural performance of reinforced glass beams	p. 405
Numerical simulation of elastic, fracture and post-failure response of monolithic and laminated glass under impact loading	p. 413
Experimental and numerical investigations of metal-to-glass embedded connections with thin stainless steel plate	p. 421
Numerical analysis of hot deformed corrugated glass plates	p. 429
Numerical investigation of insulation glass units with undercut point fittings	p. 437
Stability of Glass Components
Buckling analysis of monolithic and laminated glass elements eccentrically compressed	p. 449
Analytical, numerical and experimental prediction of lateral torsional buckling of PVB and SG laminated glass beams	p. 457
Structural Glass Connections
From design to reality - fabricating and assembling two pleated double-curved glass shell structures	p. 467
Connecting through reinforcement - Experimental analysis of the temperature dependent behaviour	p. 477
Determination of the material properties of an epoxy and MS-polymer for adhesive point-fixings	p. 485
Stainless steel fabric as a connection system for bomb blast glass	p. 493
Numerical investigation of a novel connection in tempered glass using holes drilled after tempering	p. 499
Parametric numerical investigation of adhesive laminated point connections	p. 507
Structural Glass Design Philosophy
Philosophical questions of designing glass - The need for a structural glass standard	p. 519
Glass structures - Learning from experts	p. 527
Revaluating architecture with glass	p. 537
Structural glass - Review of design philosophies & analysis methods	p. 545
Design and construction of the feature glass stair for the new Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia	p. 555
Thermal Fracture of Glass
Thermal breakage of glass	p. 563
Thermal Tempering of Glass
Heat transfer phenomena and theories governing residual stress formation in glass tempering	p. 573
Index
Author index	p. 583