Structural use of Glass (Structural Engineering Documents) - Softcover

Haldimann, Matthias; Luible, Andreas; Overend, Mauro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3857481196 ISBN 13: 9783857481192

Publisher: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2008

Synopsis

Structural Use of Glass: Recent architectural trends and technological developments have brought about unprecedented opportunities and exciting changes in the use of glass in buildings. Structural engineers currently have a bewildering array of glass products and configurations to choose from and a wide range of normal and exceptional loading conditions to consider, but very few unified reference texts for undertaking these tasks. This book attempts to redress this issue...

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Dr Matthias HALDIMANN is director of the project and management consulting department at Emch+Berger AG Bern, Switzerland. He received his doctoral degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), where he investigated the fracture strength, modelling, testing and design of structural glass elements. Dr Andreas LUIBLE is a senior façade engineer at Josef Gartner Switzerland AG, which is part of the Permasteelisa Group. He received his...

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Edition details

• Publisher: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 3857481196
• ISBN 13: 9783857481192
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 228