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Vulnerability and Protection of Glass Windows and Facades under Blast: Experiments, Methods and Current Trends

Xihong Zhang — 2017-07-24

International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research, Published online: 24 July 2017; doi:10.3844/sgamrsp.2017.10.23

Glass has been overwhelmingly used for windows and facades for modern constructions. Nevertheless, due to its relatively low tensile strength and mostly brittle behaviour, compared to other structural...

From Plastic Waste to Building Material: Mechanical Properties of Recycled Thermoplastic Timber

Monica Valdés — 2018-02-23

International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research, Published online: 23 February 2018; doi:10.3844/sgamrsp.2018.55.65

The present paper illustrates the mechanical properties of a new structural product called Recycled Thermoplastic Timber (RTT), manufactured in Sardinia (Italy) and made of recycled plastics. The prel...

Structural Performance of Double Laminated Glass Panels with EVA and PVB Interlayer in Four-Point Bending Tests

Tomáš Hána — 2018-08-14

International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research, Published online: 14 August 2018; doi:10.3844/sgamrsp.2018.164.177

Many examples of glass loadbearing structures such as handrails, panes, beams and columns can be found in modern architecture. Most of these elements are made of laminated glass panels. There is a gen...

Key Structural Aspects for Adaptive Facades - Activity Progress from the EU-COST Action TU1403 ‘Structural’ Task Group

Chiara Bedon — 2018-06-25

International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research, Published online: 25 June 2018; doi:10.3844/sgamrsp.2018.135.154

Adaptive facades are getting more and more widespread in modern buildings. These facade systems, among many others, need to fulfil the requirements of several structural considerations, such as struct...

Nonlinear Analysis of RC Box Culverts Resting on a Linear Elastic Soil

Daniele Baraldi — 2018-02-08

International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research, Published online: 8 February 2018; doi:10.3844/sgamrsp.2018.30.45

In the analyses presented, the soil-structure interaction is accounted for by means of a FE-BIE approach, in which the structure is modelled with displacement-based beam finite elements, whereas the b...