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In modern architecture, glass is increasingly being used as a structural material. For example, glass fins, roof beams, facade supports and even entire glass bridges are being made from laminated safety glass. In the past, however, this was much restricted by the achievable dimensions. Glas Trösch took up the challenge, presenting for the first time a 21 meter long laminated glass beam at the glastec 2010 in Düsseldorf. (Image 1) This world-first met with considerable interest from architects and builders. That prompted the company to conduct a scientific investigation on the load-bearing behaviour of large beams of this type.
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