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Glass construction --- Glass construction --- Conservation and restoration --- Mangiarotti, Angelo, --- Morassutti, Bruno. --- Favini, Aldo. --- Chiesa di Nostra Signora della Misericordia (Baranzate, Italy)

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This book presents the findings of a detailed study to explore the behavior of architectural glazing systems during and after an earthquake and to develop design proposals that will mitigate or even eliminate the damage inflicted on these systems. The seismic behavior of common types of architectural glazing systems are investigated and causes of damage to each system, identified. Furthermore, depending on the geometrical and structural characteristics, the ultimate horizontal load capacity of glass curtain wall systems is defined based on the stability of the glass components. Detailed attention is devoted to the incorporation of advanced connection devices between the structure of the building and the building envelope system in order to minimize the damage to glazed components. An innovative new connection device is introduced that results in a delicate and functional system easily incorporated into different architectural glazing systems, including those demanding maximum transparency.

Engineering. --- Building Construction. --- Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control. --- Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods. --- Vibration. --- Ingénierie --- Vibration --- Facades. --- Glass construction. --- Joints (Engineering). --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Joints (Engineering) --- Architectural fronts --- Fronts (Architecture) --- Glass architecture --- Glass as structural material --- Glass in architecture --- Dynamical systems. --- Dynamics. --- Buildings --- Building. --- Construction. --- Engineering, Architectural. --- Design and construction. --- Engineering --- Architecture --- Exterior walls --- Building --- Details --- Building Construction and Design. --- Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials. --- Cycles --- Mechanics --- Sound --- Buildings—Design and construction. --- Ceramics. --- Glass. --- Composites (Materials). --- Composite materials. --- Composites (Materials) --- Multiphase materials --- Reinforced solids --- Solids, Reinforced --- Two phase materials --- Materials --- Amorphous substances --- Ceramics --- Glazing --- Ceramic technology --- Industrial ceramics --- Keramics --- Building materials --- Chemistry, Technical --- Clay --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Physics --- Statics --- Architectural engineering --- Construction --- Construction science --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural design --- Structural engineering --- Construction industry --- Design and construction