Do cathedral glasses flow?
作者:
Edgar Dutra Zanotto,
期刊:
American Journal of Physics
(AIP Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 66,
issue 5
页码: 392-395
ISSN:0002-9505
年代: 1998
DOI:10.1119/1.19026
出版商: American Association of Physics Teachers
关键词: 01.55;60.;01.90
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
A general belief among members of the scientific community is that glass articles can be bent irreversibly and that they flow at ambient temperature. This myth is mostly based on widespread stories that stained-glass windows of medieval cathedrals are thicker in the lower parts. In this paper I estimate the time periods required for glass to flow and deform at ordinary temperatures, using calculated viscosity curves for several modern and ancient glass compositions. The conclusion is that window glasses may flow at ambient temperature only over incredibly long times, which exceed the limits of human history.
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