Kyriaki Corinna Datsiou

• Senior Lecturer at University of Hertfordshire

Glass is a highly durable and infinitely recyclable material, yet in practice only a small portion of architectural glass products re-enters the value chain after its first use. An increasing rate of energy retrofits of the EU building stock will result in replacement of 85% of existing windows in near future; in the current linear glass supply cha...

Additive manufacturing of glass using laser powder bed fusion has been recently developed, demonstrating its potential to be applied in small scale applications such as flow reactors for the chemical engineering and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries. While previous research demonstrated that complex 3-dimensional shapes can be manufactured, b...

Novel glass processing by powder‐fed directed energy deposition was explored as a method of adding glass décor to glass surfaces and bottles. Consistent, semitransparent, single‐line tracks of soda lime silica glass could be processed onto glass substrates of the same composition, without significant cracks forming in the substrate. A suitable proc...

Glass materials are known for various desirable properties such as transparency, thermal durability, and chemical resistance, making them ideal materials for different applications. In recent decades, demonstrations of glass processing by additive manufacturing have been presented in research. Exploitation of the design freedom offered by additive...

Glass has a number of attractive properties, such as transparency, chemical resistance, good thermal stability and high electrical resistivity, that make it a favourable material for a range of applications, including medical technology, electronics, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. However, compared to metals and polymers, the additive manu...

Laminated glass with a microstructure inspired by nacre has a higher impact resistance

Its transparency, esthetic appeal, chemical inertness, and electrical resistivity make glass an excellent candidate for small‐ and large‐scale applications in the chemical, electronics, automotive, aerospace, and architectural industries. Additive manufacturing of glass has the potential to open new possibilities in design and reduce costs associat...

Glass strength is very sensitive to damage accumulation during its service life. Repair methods for glass have been proposed over the last decades to volumetrically fill or remove existing flaws from the surface of glass. However, the lack of information on the strength recovery attributable to glass repair methods restrict their use to low consequ...

Glass strength is very sensitive to damage accumulation during its service life. Repair methods for glass have been proposed over the last decades to volumetrically fill or remove existing flaws from the surface of glass. However, the lack of information on the strength recovery attributable to glass repair methods restrict their use to low consequ...

Strength data from macroscopically identical glass specimens is commonly described by a two-parameter Weibull distribution, but there is lack of research on the methods used for fitting strength data to the Weibull distribution. This study investigates 4 different methods for fitting data and estimating the parameters of the Weibull distribution na...

Strength data from macroscopically identical glass specimens is commonly described by a two-parameter Weibull distribution, but there is lack of research on the methods used for fitting strength data to the Weibull distribution. This study investigates 4 different methods for fitting data and estimating the parameters of the Weibull distribution na...

The demand for flat glass is high and increasing significantly in the building industry as a direct result of architectural requirements for lightness, transparency and natural light. Current architectural trends require glass in curvilinear forms for smooth free-form façades. Two principal challenges arise from this: to cost-effectively produce th...

Glass is known for its excellent durability, but the strength of glass is very sensitive to the characteristics of its surface, which is known to accumulate damage during its service life. There is however, a lack of strength data on weathered or aged glass, particularly on thermally or chemically treated glass. In this study a carefully calibrated...

The strength of glass is governed by the condition of its surface which deteriorates progressively as surface flaws accumulate on exposure to weathering action during its service life. Therefore, knowledge of the strength of naturally aged glass is crucial in order to ensure its safe use in load-bearing applications. Artificial ageing tests can be...

Glass is known for its excellent durability, but the strength of glass is very sensitive to the characteristics of its surface, which is known to accumulate damage during its service life. There is however, a lack of strength data on weathered or aged glass, particularly on thermally or chemically treated glass. In this study a carefully calibrated...

The strength of glass is governed by the condition of its surface which deteriorates progressively as surface flaws accumulate on exposure to weathering action during its service life. Therefore, knowledge of the strength of naturally aged glass is crucial in order to ensure its safe use in load-bearing applications. Artificial ageing tests can be...

Cold bending of glass involves the straining of relatively thin glass components, (typically plates), at ambient temperatures, and is a low energy and cost effective manner of creating curvilinear forms required in modern glass applications. Cold bending is also popular because it is thought to eliminate the optical imperfections in curved glass pl...

Surface damage that accumulates on the surface of glass is known to govern the strength of this material. It would therefore be very useful to use artificial ageing techniques to replicate this level of damage; this would allow a rapid and cost effective assessment of the expected glass strength and the long term performance of novel glass products...

Cold bending is an effective and relatively inexpensive way of creating double curved glass surfaces that are required in modern architectural applications. This paper focuses on the shaping of the plate with the application of a vertical out-of-plane load at one of its corners. It has been reported that a phenomenon of buckling instability may occ...

Geopolymerisation comprises a promising field of research, which deals with the rich in aluminosilicates solid wastes and byproducts (such as fly ash, recycled glass cullet), which are converted into useful products via alkaline activation process and heat curing. The fly ash used in this study is a calcareous one, which is the only type produced i...