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Record Nr.

UNINA9910350300203321

Autore

Wang Yu

Titolo

Experimental and Numerical Study of Glass Façade Breakage Behavior under Fire Conditions : Fire Safety Engineering / / by Yu Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

981-13-6484-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 137 p. 87 illus., 72 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

628.92

Soggetti

Fire prevention

Quality control

Reliability

Industrial safety

Computer simulation

Buildings—Design and construction

Building

Construction

Engineering, Architectural

Building materials

Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety

Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk

Simulation and Modeling

Building Construction and Design

Building Materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Experimental and numerical methods -- Breakage of framing glass façades in fire -- Breakage of point supported glass façades in fire -- Influence of fire location on breakage behavior -- Breakage mechanism and heat transfer -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the comprehensive results of experimental and numerical investigations of glass façade breakage behavior under fire conditions. First of all, full-scale frame and point-supported glass



façades, incorporating single, double and coated glazing, were tested under pool fire conductions. The results determined the effects of different glass frames, types of glass, and thermal shocks on breakage behavior. Small-scale tests, using the Material Testing System (MTS) 810, Netzsch Dilatometer and FE-SEM, were also performed at different temperatures to determine the basic mechanical properties of glazing. In addition, a three-dimensional dynamic model was developed to predict stress distribution, crack initiation and propagation, and has since been employed to identify the breakage mechanisms of different types of glass façade. The numerical results showed very good agreement with the experimental results and verified the model’s ability to accurately predict breakage. Lastly, a theoretical model based on incident heat flux was developed to predict the breakage time and heat transfer in glazing, which served to reveal the nature of interactions between fire and glass.