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Designing and constructing corrugated glass facades

Issue title: Editorial JFDE Special Issue Glass

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Nijsse, Rob | Wenting, Ronald

Affiliations: University of Delft (NL) & Consulting Engineer, ABT, Arnhem, The Netherlands | Structural Engineer, ABT, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Note: [] Corresponding author: Rob Nijsse, University of Delft (NL) & Consulting Engineer, ABT, Arnhem, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]

Keywords: Glass, corrugated glass, facade, innovation, structural engineering

DOI: 10.3233/FDE-140014

Journal: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1-2, pp. 123-131, 2014

2 July 2014
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Accepted 20 November 2014
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Published: 2014
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Abstract

Flat glass panels are in use since the time of the Roman Empire. In the ruins of the city of Pompeii, destroyed by the Vulcan Vesuvius in 79 DC, a glass panel in a bronze frame of 300 × 600 mm was found. In this article we describe a mayor improvement in the structural behaviour of glass panels by making the glass curved, or more accurately, corrugated. Both the in- and out-plane loading meet far more resistance against deformation, and the corrugated glass panels have a largely increased bearing capacity with the same thickness of glass the flat panel has. Also architecturally the appearance of a corrugated glass panel in facades is far more appealing.