A Novel Design Concept for Connections in Glass: Structural Integrity of Glass Reinforced with Externally–Bonded GFRP Laminates

摘要

The paper reports experimental results of the load response and failure behaviour of open-holernannealed glass tensile test specimens reinforced with adhesively-bonded GFRP laminates. Thernresults show that the bonded GFRP has potential to strengthen stress concentration features inrnglass by either arresting the cracks developed in the critical zone or eliminating the failure fromrnthe vicinity of the critical area. It is anticipated that the findings of this research could berneffectively used to develop reinforcement strategies for critical joints in glass structures.