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View article: Re^3 Glass
Re^3 Glass Open
The applicability of glass in structures is continuously ascending, as the transparency and high compressive strength of the material render it the optimum choice for realizing diaphanous structural components that allow for light transmit…
View article: Interlocking cast glass components, Exploring a demountable dry-assembly structural glass system
Interlocking cast glass components, Exploring a demountable dry-assembly structural glass system Open
This paper explores the potential of a novel, reversible all-glass system consisting of dryassembly, interlocking cast glass components. Owing to its interlocking geometry, the proposed system can attain the desired stiffness with the aid …
View article: A Novel, Demountable Structural Glass System Out of Dry-Assembly, Interlocking Cast Glass Components
A Novel, Demountable Structural Glass System Out of Dry-Assembly, Interlocking Cast Glass Components Open
Cast glass components are a promising solution for engineering pure glass structures of high transparency and load-carrying capacity due to their large cross-sectional area and monolithic nature. Currently, the few realized structures empl…
View article: Re3 Glass: A new generation of Recycable, Reducible and Reusable cast glass components for structural and architectural applications
Re3 Glass: A new generation of Recycable, Reducible and Reusable cast glass components for structural and architectural applications Open
A spectacular glass brick system - developed to make the historic storefront of the Crystal Houses (Chanel store) in Amsterdam transparent - illustrates the great potential of cast glass blocks in structures. But it also reveals the need t…