The new CEN/TS 19100
Design of glass structures
Markus Feldmann (RWTH Aachen University)
Maximilian Laurs (RWTH Aachen University)
Nebosja Buljan (RI ISA d.o.o)
Annie Criaud (AGC Glass FRANCE SAS)
Eric Dupont (Belgian Building Research Institute)
Martina Eliasova (Czech Technical University)
Laura Galuppi (University of Parma)
Christian Louter (TU Delft - Applied Mechanics)
Mauro Overend (TU Delft - Architectural Technology)
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Abstract
Since the beginning of 2021, CEN/TS 19100 Design of Glass Structures has been available in its first three parts. The fourth part is expected soon. This Technical Specification of the European standards organisation CEN is as a pre-standard of a corresponding future Eurocode. These documents constitute the first ever comprehensive design code for the entire structural glass engineering field on the European market for the first time. In addition to a clear outline, the Technical Specification has been drafted to be compatible with EN 1990 “Basis of Design” and to address glass-specific design matters, particularly related to robustness and redundancy. Although the standard still has the status of a CEN/TS, thereby allowing the European nations the option of whether to introduce it, either in full or in parts, it already contains national openings through which the European countries can adapt the design results to their own safety level by National Determined Parameters (NDPs). Such an approach already anticipates the future Eurocode, which is expected to be published as EN 19100—Design of Glass Structures. This article provides some context on the history and concept behind the new documents and gives an overview of the design rules and the corresponding technical background of the different parts of CEN/TS 19100.