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SUMMARY:Falling glass: The post-fracture performance of glass in buildings
  - M. Overend\, Cambridge University Engineering Department
DTSTART:20080306T160000Z
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CONTACT:Stephen Walley
DESCRIPTION:Glass is a ubiquitous material in buildings and the architectu
 ral trends for large area glazing and for 'structural glass' applications 
 is driving the growth in this sector. However\, the process of quantifying
  and mitigating the risk of human injury from glass related injuries\, par
 ticularly from extreme loading events\, presents major challenges for the 
 building industry. The seminar will illustrate the limitations of industry
 -standard methodologies and will describe how the recent advances in exper
 imental and computational techniques may be lead to an improved post-fract
 ure assessment.
LOCATION:Mott Seminar Room\, Cavendish Laboratory\, Department of Physics
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