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We provide Structural
Analysis which involves calculation of glass strength, support
forces, bending moments, load bearing capacity, allowable stresses,
impact of wind or snow etc. |
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Glass can always break,
even if designed properly. Or, more scientific, the initial energy
to break glass is very low, even a minor accident may destroy this
material. Glass structures must be designed redundantly, so if one
glass part breaks, the rest of the structure (either steel or also
glass parts) will still be safe, maybe with a reduced level of
safety. |
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are mostly secondary or tertiary structural elements (in term of
structural hierarchy of a building), i.e. parts of the building
envelope, but not parts of the main primary structure. |
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Since glass is typically
used as plates with linear or punctual supports, bending moments and
support reactions can easily be obtained by using simple FEM
programs with plate elements or by literature with tabulated values
for plates. |
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We do computerized analysis
for structures and design using Finite Element Analysis for various
civil structures. |
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Finite Element Analysis |
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