Credits and License#

How to Cite This Book#

You can refer to this book as:

Cupać, J., Louter, C., Nikolov, G., Schuster, M., Datsiou, K. C. (2025). Open GLASSlab – Interactive Strength Analysis Handbook.
<https://oit.tudelft.nl/open-GLASSlab/>.Source files at TUDelft-books/open-GLASSlab

Referencing Individual Chapters or Pages#

You can refer to individual chapters or pages within this book as:

<Title of Chapter or Page>. In Cupać, J., Louter, C., Nikolov, G., Schuster, M., Datsiou, K. C. (2025). Open GLASSlab – Interactive Strength Analysis Handbook.
Specific Page on https://oit.tudelft.nl/open-GLASSlab/

Content Updates and Versioning#

We anticipate that the content of this book will change significantly. Therefore, we recommend using the source code directly with the citation above that refers to the GitHub repository and lists the date and name of the file. Although content will be added over time, chapter titles and URLs in this book are expected to remain relatively static. However, we make no guarantee, so if it is important for you to reference a specific location/commit within the book.

How the Book Is Made#

This book is created using open-source tools:

  • It is a JupyterBook, written using Markdown and Jupyter notebooks.

  • Additional tooling is used from the TeachBooks initiative to enhance the editing and reading experience.

  • The website can be viewed at https://oit.tudelft.nl/open-GLASSlab/.

  • The files are stored in a GitHub

For further information, please refer to the repository’s README file or contact the authors.

About the Editors#

This book is edited by Jagoda Cupać1, Christian Louter1, Miriam Schuster2, and Kyriaki Corinna Datsiou3.
The Python scripts for three Methods have been created by Georgi Nikolov1.

1 Department of Materials, Mechanics, Management & Design (3MD), Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology

2 Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt

3 Centre for Engineering Research, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire

Funding Disclaimer#

Open GLASSlab has been created as part of the Open Education project Open GLASSroom.

The creation of these resources has been (partially) funded by the ERASMUS+ grant program of the European Union under grant no. 2022-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000089750. Neither the European Commission nor the project’s national funding agency DAAD are responsible for the content or liable for any losses or damage resulting from the use of these resources.

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License#

This TeachBook is licensed under CC BY 4.0, allowing you to share and adapt the material, as long as the source is properly credited.