Improving the engineering strength of heat strengthened glass

Fred Veer, YM Rodichev

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Abstract

Although glass is increasingly used as a structural material, glass is not produced to strength standards, like steel and concrete. Of the three types of glass: annealed, heat strengthened and fully tempered, only heat strengthened glass has the properties to function as a safe structural material. These properties are strength, resistance to stress corrosion cracking, and controlled fragmentation. In this paper the factors controlling the strength of heat strengthened glass are assessed. The dominant influence is the spread in compressive pre-strength. Opportunities for quality control of the compressive pre-strength are analysed using experimental results. The consequences for the predictability of the strength and the requirements for quality controlled are discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)121-140
Number of pages20
JournalHeron
Volume61
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 7 Sept 2016

Keywords

  • Glass
  • strength
  • tempering of glass
  • design strength

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