This master thesis was written as part of the master Building Technology at the TU Delft. This research focuses on the possibilities of coated borosilicate glass tubes and there use in vector active structures. The motive for this research was a new development in the availability of borosilicate glass tubes that are coated. With this coating improving there residual strength. At the beginning of the research it was found that there was very little structural data for borosilicate
glass tubes. In order to determine the usability of the tubes in vector active structures, more data was needed. For this reason several experiments were prepared to attain the structural data. During the beginning of the research it was found that, up until now, the tubes that were used in structures were labour intensive and complicated to fabricate. With the newly developed coated glass tubes it was thought that an easier method could be developed for making structural elements. In total 4 experiments were planned. An experiment for gathering the maximum compressive strength, tensile strength, residual strength and a experiment to verify if the newly designed prototype performed as expected. The data was then used for simulating a selection of vector active
structures. This resulted in an overview of the capabilities of the coated borosilicate glass tubes.