Glass is the first book to discuss the correlation between the performance of industrial processes and practice-relevant properties, such as strength and optical properties.

The sections on properties include:

• mechanical strength and contact resistance
• ageing
• mechanics of glass processes
• the production and control of residual stresses
• high-tech producers
• current research and development

Glass also discusses both the science and technology, starting with glass past and present, its structure, and rheology.

Contents

Glass A Ceramic Material

1. Four Classes of Materials
2. Ashby's Charts
3. Co-Selecting Materials
4. Performance Indexes
5. Shape Factors in Mechanical Design

Glass Prehistory and History

1. Natural Glasses
2. Early Glasses
3. First Optical Glasses
4. Modern Glasses

Applications of Glass

1. Glazing
2. Packaging
3. Optical Glass
4. Glass Fibres for Insulation and Reinforcement
5. Abrasive Tools
6. Glass Manufacturers

Glass Structure

1. Silica Glass and Related Glasses
2. Organic and Chalcogenide Glasses
3. Avoiding Crystallization
4. Surface Structure

Glass Rheology

1. Viscosity
2. Glass Transition and its Observation
3. How to 'Observe' Glass Transition?
4. Viscous Response of Glass
5. Visco-Elastic Response of Glass
6. Tempering of Glass

Mechanical Strength of Glass

1. Theoretical Strength
2. Tensile Resistance of Glass
3. Stress Concentration
4. Linear Elasticity Crack Tip Stress Field
5. Toughness Measurement
6. Influence of Residual Stress on Strength and Fragmentation
7. Statistic Weibull Analysis

Contact Resistance of Glass

1. Sharp and Blunt Contact
2. Sharp Contact Resistance
3. Abrasion Resistance
4. Cutting of Glass
5. Application to other Materials

Ageing of Glass

1. Stress Corrosion
2. Charles and Hillig Theory
3. Life Time Under Static Fatigue
4. Applications

Mechanics of Glass Processes

1. Float Process
2. Blow-and-Blow and Press-and-Blow Process
3. Fusion Draw

Production and Control of Residual Stresses

1. Residual Stresses in Flat Glass
2. Basics of Photoelasticity in Flat Glass
3. Stress Meters

High-Tech Producers and R&D

1. Market Trend Driven R&D
2. Flat Display Panel
3. Thin Film Technology
4. Residual Stresses in Thin Film

Appendices

Index

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