GS E journal > Conceptual design and FEM structural response of a suspended glass sphere made of reinforced curved polygonal panels

• Published in: Challenging glass conference proceedings Vol. 7; no. 1
• Main Authors: Maurizio Froli, Francesco Laccone
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Challenging Glass Conference 01.09.2020
• Subjects: curved glass; glass shell; heat bent; steel reinforcement; structural glass; truncated icosahedron

The paper introduces a novel concept for structural glass shells that is based on the mechanical coupling of double curved heat-bent glass panels and a wire frame mesh, which constitutes a grid of unbonded edge-reinforcement. Additionally, this grid has the purpose of providing redundancy. The panel...