Analysis of glass/polyvinyl butyral laminates subjected to uniform pressure

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 435-442

  Van Duser, Alex ^a   Jagota, Anand ^a   Bennison, Stephen J ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS; PROBABILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VINYL RESINS; VISCOELASTICITY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

POLYVINYL BUTYRAL; UNIFORM PRESSURE;

LAMINATES;

EID: 0033115229     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)0733-9399(1999)125:4(435)     Document Type: Article

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