Structural Engineers Association of Illinois

DECEMBER DINNER MEETING:
Advances in the Design of Laminated Glass

The December Dinner Meeting is generously supported by DuPont.

This presentation is designed to educate designers and structural engineers on methods and software tools that can be used to perform structural analyses of laminated glass subjected to different loading and support conditions. The course will focus on the performance differences between interlayer types, as well as differences in durability and impact resistance that have advanced the use of laminated glass in a variety of architectural applications. These include minimally-supported facades, glass railings and walkways, and canopies and skylights. In addition, the growing use of laminated glass in natural (hurricane, tornado) and man-made security threats (bombs, bullets) will be covered.

A standards update will include the Effective Thickness Calculation method, now a part of ASTM E1300, Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance of Glass in Buildings, the new ASTM standard practice on the Design of Supported Glass Walkways, and ASTM F1642 Test Method for Glazing and Glazing Systems subject to Airblast Loadings. The Wingard blast software will be used to demonstrate an analysis of a laminated glass system designed for blast protection.

Dr. Bennison received a B.Sc. (Hons) from the University of Leeds and a MS in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Lehigh University. Upon graduation, he took a position as a Guest Scientist at the National Institute of Science and Technology, NIST, where he worked on microstructure/mechanical property relationships in brittle materials. In 1992, he joined DuPont as a Senior Research Scientist in Central Research and Development. In this assignment, he lead many research and technical efforts into physical behavior of materials, adhesion, and interface phenomena, corrosion of materials, and computational materials modeling. In 2001, he transferred to DuPont’s Glass Laminating Solutions business as a Research Associate and works on programs related to the development of polymer interlayers for laminated glass. He currently heads DuPont’s Global Consulting team for laminated glass and is a Senior Technology Associate.





Speaker:	Stephen J. Bennison, Ph.D.
Date:	12.06.11
Location:	Cliff Dwellers Club
	200 S. Michigan Avenue
	22nd Floor
	Chicago, IL
Cash Bar:	5:15pm
Dinner:	6:00pm
Program:	7:00pm

Cost:	$45 members
	$65 non-members
RSVP:	(Advance reservations required) Contact Donna Childs at 312.726.4165 x200 or office@seaoi.org


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