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

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