Allowable Bending Stress for Glass Beams: Experiments and Statistical Analysis
摘要
A fundamental understanding of resisting and collapse mechanisms is required to ensure the structural safety of primary load-bearing elements, like columns and beams. The present research, in this regard, experimentally investigates the in-plane bending and Lateral-Torsional Buckling (LTB) response of tempered glass beams, analyzing key factors such as the evolution of bending stress, the critical buckling moment, and the corresponding failure mode for a total of 52 original samples. The study focuses on specimens with small slenderness (less than 1.2), revealing that well-defined failure mechanisms can be detected when varying rhis ratio. The stress ratio (