ADVANCED DESIGN OF GLASS

STRUCTURES
Design of glass column

Viorel Ungureanu

European Erasmus Mundus Master Course

Sustainable Constructions
under Natural Hazards and Catastrophic Events
520121-1-2011-1-CZ-ERA MUNDUS-EMMC
 Objectives of the lecture
Objectives
• Design of glass column
Composite section Worked example
Non-composite 1) Assess the resistance of a glass
section
column made of bundled tubes,
a) Section A - A
Accidental situation supporting a roof, as shown in the
figure. Tubes are attached together
by the use of adhesive which
enables them to work as:
a) a single composite section;
b) a non-composite section. L
b) Section A - A
L= c1 4000 mm after failure
tube outside diameter d = 135 mm
thickness t = 6 mm

Design value of glass strength: 116,91

in compression fcd = c2 400 MPa 184,41 67,5

in tension ftd = 50 MPa

2) Assess the resistance of the same

column with two broken tubes - see
the figure.
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 Composite section
Objectives

Composite
Tubes are attached by use of adhesive which enables them to work as a
section single composite section
z
Non-composite • tube outside diameter d = 135 mm
section
• thickness t = 6 mm

116,91
Accidental situation
• area of one tube A0 y

A0 

 d 2  d  2t 
2

4

67,5
67,5

• moment of inertia of one tube I0

I0 

 d 4  d  2t 4 
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• Moment of inertia of composite section Iy ,Iz


I y  3I 0  4 I 0  A0  r12  r = 116,91mm
1

r2 = 67,5mm
  
I z  I 0  4 I 0  A0  r22  2 I 0  A0  r32  r3 = 135,0mm
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 Composite section
Objectives
• Maximal resistance in compression without buckling
Composite
section

Non-composite
N max   cd  7 A0
section
• Critical force
Accidental situation
 2 EI
N cr ,comp  2
Lcr

• “safety factor” – restriction for capacity by Ncr/4

N cr ,comp
N Rd ,1 
4

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 Non-composite section
Objectives
Tubes without connection, each tube share axial load equally
Composite section
• Critical force of one tube
Non-composite
section
 2 EI 0
Accidental situation N cr , 0  2
Lcr
• Capacity of the column

7  N cr , 0
N Rd , 2 
4

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 Accidental situation
Objectives
2) Accidental situation – two broken tubes
Composite section
• New location of gravity axis
Non-composite
section 3  A0 184,41  2  A0  67,5
yT  yT 116,91
Accidental 5  A0 184,41 67,5
situation

• Moment of inertia IyT of 5 tube – composite section

2 2
I yT  3I 0  3 A0 184,41  yT   2 I 0  2 A0  yT  67,5

• Distance to the tensioned fibres dt

• Distance to the compressed fibres dc
• Critical force yT

 2 EI yT
N cr , yT  116,91
L2cr 184,41 67,5

tensioned fibres
• Eccentricity of force
e  184,41  yT
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 Accidental situation
Objectives

Composite section
a) axial force + moment – tensioned fibres
Non-composite I yT
section • Cross-section modulus W y ,tension 
Accidental
dt
situation
• maximal allowed force for tensioned fibres

N Ed N e
f td   Ed  N Ed  
5 A0 W y ,tension

b) axial force + moment – compressed fibres

I yT
• Cross-section modulus W y ,compression 
dc
• maximal allowed force for compressed fibres

N Ed N Ed  e
f cd    N Ed  
5 A0 W y ,compression

Conclusion: Preliminary resistance of glass column

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 Thank you
for your attention

viorel.ungureanu@upt.ro

http://steel.fsv.cvut.cz/suscos