Scientists from the Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Sibstrin) have developed an innovative system of two fire-resistant glass plates with a material that foams when heated, supplemented by a membrane with air. This design significantly improves the sound and heat insulation of buildings.
Fireproof structures are able to contain flames and maintain the strength of buildings during a fire, protecting people and property and reducing the risk of collapse. They provide additional time for evacuation and extinguishing. Fire resistance is especially important for translucent structures, which are used in the construction of high-rise buildings.
The utility model relates to the field of construction and architecture, in particular to translucent fire-resistant structures, and can be used in the design and installation of fireproof walls, roofs and facades of buildings, and can also be used to combine fire resistance and a wide range of architectural forms of translucent structures.
Specialists have created a structure where two sheets of fire-resistant glass are placed parallel in a rigid aluminum frame. There is a gasket and a gas chamber between the glasses, and the glasses themselves are covered with a foam material. An ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) polymer membrane is installed outside, which is used to create translucent structures, often used in the design of atriums, facades and roofs of public areas of skyscrapers.
Earlier www1.ru reported that new building materials from Tomsk became a third stronger than analogues.
