The design approach is currently very diverse for glass. It differs greatly between European countries and there is not one definite method for the design of glass components. Research in this field has a potential for better design optimization and industry professionals express a limitation of tools and knowledge about glass structure design.The purpose of this study is to analyze glass balustrades with point-fixings and to test a structural verification approach using a Finite Element (FE) software. The theory provides insight of glass as a structural material, different interlayers used for laminated glass, joints and connections, as well as design standards, concepts and regulations. Different models of varying configurations and geometries are created from the evaluation of balustrades with point-fixings available on the Swedish market and the theory. The models represent a glass balustrade with 4- or 6-point-fixings and is regarded as a fully toughened laminated glass component with different stiff and standard interlayers. The structural analysis of point-fixed glass balustrades on the Swedish market indicated a lower stress and deflection resistance capacity than the pre-normative Eurocode criterion. Based on the FE calculations, some guidelines for fulfilling the criterion are proposed.To make glass more generally applicable as a load-bearing material, the limitations of the FE-software, and how the parameters affect the calculation results needs to be taken into consideration. In order to evaluate the interlayers used for the model, a parametric study using FE-analysiswas carried out, in which the maximum stresses and deflections for several variations were calculated. A sensitivity analysis of the balustrade was conducted to evaluate various geometric and material parameters and how they affect the FE software-based model. Comparisons of guidelines and national codes for simplified hand-calculation and the FE-approach were made to obtain some understanding of calculation methods used in the glass industry and to evaluate the results of the structural analysis. The study suggests that the FE approach is an effective method for a relatively quick and easy verification of glass balustrades.

This thesis work has been conducted in collaboration with SPiNAB. The main assignment has been to create a new solution for adjustable windshields made of glass and keep low production costs. Throughout the project, the generic product development process has been followed with two main sources. A structure and a plan have been executed. A prestudy containing a benchmark with two competitors ''ClickitUp'' and ''Cit i Lä'' has been made. Needs have been collected and weighted. A detailed list of specifications has been made with missing data acquired from reverse engineering strategies. With the functional decomposition the functions ''Stabilize'' ''Adjust'' and ''Fit patio'' was used when generating ideas. The ideas were generated through brainstorming and research about similar solutions. After the elimination four concepts were left. The chosen concept ‘’The crutch’’ was constructed in detail with a mechanism that symmetrically disengages a cotter until released and fitted to the hole. Finally, weight calculations were made and a finite element analysis on the adjustable beam and the ground mount. The weight for the adjustable part is about 12 kg and the weight for the product as a whole is about 49 kg. The stress is 33.96 MPa and the displacement is 3.240 mm for the adjustable beam with a force of 510 N, representing 25 m/s of wind speed. The stress is 14.13 MPa and the displacement is 0.0297 mm for the ground mount for an impact force of 1 kN. The concept ''The crutch'' is the way to go forward. The concept needs some design changes before a physical prototype can be made. The weight of the adjustable part is deemed low enough to be lifted manually with the current mechanism. To keep the design cheap the beams and ground mount should have the possibility to be mirrored for the next section. / Detta examensarbete har utförts i samarbete med SPiNAB. Huvuduppdraget har varit att skapa en ny lösning för justerbara vindskydd av glas och hålla låga produktionskostnader. Under hela projektet har den generiska produktutvecklingsprocessen följts med två huvudkällor. En struktur och en plan har utförts. En förstudie som innehåller en benchmark med två konkurrenter ''ClickitUp'' och ''Cit i Lä'' har gjorts. Behoven har samlats in och viktats. En detaljerad kravspecifikation har skapats där saknad data har tagits fram med strategier för reverse engineering. Med funktionsnedbrytningen har funktionerna ''Stabilisera'' ''Justera'' och ''Passa uteplats'' använts för att generera idéer. Idéerna genererades genom brainstorming och studier av liknande lösningar. Efter eliminering återstod fyra koncept. Det valda konceptet ''Kryckan'' konstruerades i detalj med en mekanism som symmetriskt frigör en sprint tills den släpps och passar in i hålet. Slutligen gjordes viktberäkningar och en finita elementanalys av den justerbara balken och markfästet. Vikten för den justerbara delen är cirka 12 kg och vikten för produkten som helhet är cirka 49 kg. Spänningen är 33,96 MPa och förskjutningen 3,240 mm för den justerbara balken med en kraft på 510 N, vilket motsvarar en vindhastighet på 25 m/s. Spänningen är 14,13 MPa och förskjutningen 0,0297 mm för markfästet vid en slagkraft på 1 kN. Konceptet ''Kryckan'' är vägen framåt. Konceptet behöver några konstruktionsändringar innan en fysisk prototyp kan tillverkas. Vikten på den justerbara delen bedöms vara tillräckligt låg för att kunna lyftas manuellt med den nuvarande mekanismen. För att hålla konstruktionen billig bör balkarna och markfästet ha möjlighet att speglas för nästa sektion.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to employ a theatrological approach to the work of one of the most original and influential Czech pantomime troupes of all time, entitled Pantomima Alfreda Jarryho (the Alfred Jarry Pantomime, AJP). The company was established in 1966 in Prague by two young mime artists Boris Hybner and Ctibor Turba and existed as late as the political liquidation of the troupe in 1972 that came due to the process of the so-called normalization period in the former Czechoslovakia. The thesis consists of four major parts that are divided into several subsections. The first part deals with the historical contexts of the art of mime, both international and domestic. The AJP troupe represents the second generation of Czech pantomime that refused the style of the so-called modern pantomime expressed in the international context by Marcel Marceau and in the Czech context by Ladislav Fialka at the Theatre Na zábradlí (Theatre on the Balustrade). Since there is no monograph strictly based on this theatre, although it played a major role among the newly established small theatres in the sixties (and had an important influence on the poetics of the AJP troupe), we briefly introduce the poetics of both the pantomime company led by Fialka and the drama company led by the director Jan Grossman,...