Thin Glass Cold Bent Sandwich Panel

From the beginning of the 21st century, thin glass has been used as a screen protector for electronic devices and smartphones. During the last 10 years, several studies have been carried out to introduce the thin glass in the building industry. The advantages of this material are light weight, high strength and high flexibility. On the other...

High Strength Thin Glass as Stiff Structural Fabric: A feasibility study of tensioning a thin, rectangular, chemically strengthened, flat glass sheet into a forced anticlastic surface with a stretchable composite connection, that remains capable of transferring the applied tensile load.

Creating smooth, double curved glass façades from thin glass offers highly curved and complex shaped architecture that is less heavy and still transparent compared to conventionally used hot- or cold bent glass. Although bigger curvatures can be achieved with hot bent glass, it requires non-reusable moulds in the fabrication process, whereas...