Blast response of Glass Facades: Retrofit for blast effect mitigation in the event of a terrorist bombing attack

The number of terrorist attacks on public places has substantially grown over the past two decades. More than half of these attacks were bombings. Past bombing events have shown that 45% of the injuries is caused by glass breakage. . The building engineering practice could help reducing the consequences, by retrofitting glass facades to mitigate...

Wave-induced stem breakage in a vegetated foreshore and its implication on probability of flooding

Various flood protection measures are studied across the globe, and nature-friendly and environmentally resilient methods are gaining more attention. As part of the building with nature initiative, the project BE SAFE (Bio-Engineering for SAFEty) studies the effects of a vegetated foreshore as a flood protection measure which is found to be very...

Thermal Breakage of Glass

Glass has become one of the most popular and complex building materials used today, because of virtually unlimited aesthetic options, combined with outstanding performance. The growing interest of contemporary architecture to use glass in large façade surfaces raises technical issues. In order to propose reliable engineering solutions in glass...

Rocking Revisited 1: Rocking of a Singe Cube on a Breakwater Slope

Prototype single layer armour units on a breakwater slope are observed to break. To predict when breakage occurs, the objective of this research project is to obtain knowledge on, and measurements of the rocking behaviour and failure mode of single layer armour units. A single cube on a breakwater slope is subjected to investigations. An...