Exploring the effects of post-tensioning an all glass column of the bundled type to enhance slenderness and promote safe failure behavior

The long and slender structural member, the elastic column, fails due to buckling. Buckling is a predictable, and visible, mode of failure allowing for timely repairs or replacement. This is no longer true when we look at long and slender columns made out of glass as glass is a brittle material. At the moment the critical buckling force is...