INVESTIGATION ON FLEXURAL BEHAVIOUR OF GLASS BEAMS INCORPORATING STAINLESS STEEL REINFORCEMENT

S.Subraja, C.Nivetha, R.Sowmya, S.Bharath

Abstract: Glass has been used only as a non structural element in the past centuries. Nowadays, its use has been changed from non-structural use to structural use which brings up light into the building due to its transparency and saves energy to the eco-friendly world and gives aesthetic view. The glass beams are used as a supporting member of the glass panels in the roof structures. Glass is a brittle material and has high compressive strength compared to that of concrete and has low tensile strength similar to concrete. To develop its tensile strength, different types of reinforcement can be provided in the tensile zone of glass beams. The reinforcement for these type of composite glass beams are made of materials like steel, wood, etc. in the form of hollow tube section or solid section. This study presents the experimental work of eight glass beams of size 550 mm X 21.5 mm X 70 mm of two glass type (annealed glass and toughened glass) with varying reinforcement percentage. The stainless steel plates are provided at the bottom of the glass beams in the form of a channel as reinforcement. Load deflection response of glass beams is studied.

Keywords: Laminated glass, PVB ,Strength ,Reinforcement

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0408077