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2. Where and why tempered laminated glass is used
The market for tempered laminated glass has grown rapidly since the early 2000s, despite a dip in 2010/2011 due to the effects of the 2008 financial crisis. What accounts for this growth?
The first reason is safety-related, and directly affects the responsibility of specifiers in the event of a claim. Tempered laminated glass will enable us to push back the service limit states (behavior before breakage "ELS") of glass, as well as the ultimate service states (behavior after breakage "ELU"), and thus satisfy safety of use and European (CPD) and national regulations. It should be remembered that annealed and toughened glass are not considered safety glass by building codes. Tempered glass as a product can, in certain cases, be considered as safety glass in terms of impact resistance. However, it may be subject to spontaneous and unpredictable breakage due to nickel...
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Where and why tempered laminated glass is used
Conclusion
Bibliography
Software tools
GINGER-CEBTP: "Vitrage Décision 5.1 – sept. 2011" software.
Standards and norms
- Glass in construction – Base products: soda-lime silicate glass – Part 2: Float glass - NF EN 572-2 -
- Glass in construction – Thermally toughened soda-lime silicate safety glass – Part 1: definition and description - NF EN 12150-1 -
- Glass in construction – Thermally toughened soda-lime silicate safety glass – Part 2: Conformity assessment - NF EN 12150-2 -
- Hardened glass – Part 1: Definition...
Regulations
CPD-89/106/EEC: European Construction Products Directive (Official Journal L40, Feb. 11, 1994) and interpretative documents (id's – Official Journal C62, Feb. 28, 1994).
Eurocodes CEN/TC250: EN 1990 – Basis of Structural design – and EN 1991 – Actions on structure.
FFPV: design and installation rules for tempered glass installations.
Directory
Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
1 – Equipment manufacturer (machine tools)
Glaston (Bavelloni, Tamglass & Uniglass) http://www.glaston.fi
Bystronic glass http://www.bystronic.fr
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