Colloquium: Glass as a Structural Material. The Structural Properties of Glass and its Application i

A nuclear structure facility is currently being developed by the Science and Engineering Research Council at their Daresbury Laboratory. This facility incorporates a 30 MV tandem Van de Graff electrostatic accelerator. The primary function of the accelerator is to accelerate both light and heavy ions. J. Cook, J.F. Dickie, M.C. Morris and Professor T.J. Poskitt

The eighth in the series of Surveys undertaken by the CEI was conducted in the summer of last year. The results, as applying to all chartered engineers, Graduates and Associate-Members of chartered engineering institutions, were published in December 1981. Copies of the full Survey can be obtained from the CEI, 2 Little Smith Street, London SWIP 3DL, price £lO.OO.

A brief history is given of spectator facilities for the game of squash and related sports, culminating in the proposed ‘all glass’ demountable courts for use in suitable indoor spectator arenas. Design constraints and two alternative preferred structural forms for such courts are described, one utilising the glass walls as the only vertical loadbearing elements to support a court ceiling. The theoretical arrd load testing justification of these structures is considered, together with some proposed constructional details. Plastic is assessed as an alternative material to glass, Some other uses for related loadbearing glass structures are suggested. G.R. Hill