In-Plane Bending Behavior of Single-Layer Glass Beams in Frameless Glass Structure

The load-bearing capacity of structural glass and its high transparency provide innovative architectural options such as frameless architecture. This research aims to assess the stability and practical behavior of glass beams in frameless configurations, focusing on pure bending loaded structural glass members. The authors investigate state-of-the-art configurations and develop a frame setup for experimental and numerical study. The geometric behavior of the glass beam is measured under axial loading and pure bending until buckling occurs. The key parameter, flexural-lateral-torsional buckling strength, is defined as the greatest load attained during testing. The results show that the numerical and experimental strength of glass beams are substantially close to each other for TG10. The research aims to promote stability and calculate design strength using the buckling curves technique, constructing a novel interaction criterion specifically for glass beams. This research aims to improve glass load-bearing structures in modern architecture by bridging speculative to practical applications and offering a structural design technique for allowable stress calculations.