The Use of Glass in Buildings

• Autore: Block Valerie L
• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified], : American Society for Testing & Materials, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 174 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 691/.6
• Soggetto topico: Glass construction; Glazing; Safety glass
• Altri autori: BlockValerie L. <1951->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ASTM C 1036: Does It Work for Field Inspections of Surface Blemishes? / TW Mazula, I Hennings -- Codes and Standards Affecting Glass in Buildings: The U.S. and Beyond / VL Block -- The Impact of Self-Cleaning Glass / CJ Barry, T O'Day -- PC-Based Stress-Measuring System for On-Line Quality Control of Tempered and Heat-Strengthened Glass / AS Redner -- In-Situ Dew-point Measurement to Assess Life Span of Insulating Glass Units / GR Torok, W Lichtenberger, A Major -- Evaluation of the Condensation Resistance Rating as Determined Using the NFRC 500 Procedure / DJ Wise, BV Shah -- Structural Performance of Laminated Glass Made with a "Stiff" Interlayer / SJ Bennison, CA Smith, AV Duser, A Jagota -- Development of Design Methodology for Rectangular Glass Supported on Three Sides to Resist Lateral Uniformly Distributed Loads / MM El-Shami, HS Norville -- Wind Load Resistance of Large Trapezoidal Glass Lites / HS Norville, MM El-Shami, R Jackson, G Johnson -- Window Glass Design Software / SM Morse -- A Thermal Stress Evaluation Procedure for Monolithic Annealed Glass / WL Beason, AW Lingnell -- Retrofitting Commercial Structures with Laminated Glass to Withstand Hurricane Effects / PE Beers, MA Pilcher, JC Sciaudone -- Testing of Annealed Glass with Anchored-Film Glass Retention Systems for Fallout Protection After Thermal Stress Cracking / BS Kaskel, JE Pearson, MK Schmidt, RE Pelletier -- The Advantages of Glazing in an Overall Security Strategy / M Betten, H Beruhe -- The Relationship Between Sprinkler Systems and Glass / J Razwick -- Design Procedure for Blast-Resistant Laminated Glass / HS Norville, EJ Conrath -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This proceedings volume from the American Society for Testing and Materials contains 16 papers by industry professionals on the use of glass in buildings with an emphasis on glass design. Editor Block discusses codes and standards affecting glass in buildings in the U.S. and abroad. Other topics Inc.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Use of Glass in Buildings
• ISBN: 0-8031-5471-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910164279403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: ASTM special technical publication ; ; 1434.