Breakage prediction of laminated glass using the "sacrificial ply" design concept

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 126-135

  Dharani, Lokeswarappa R ^a   Ji, Fangsheng ^a   Behr, Richard A ^b   Minor, Joseph E ^c   Kremer, Paul A ^b  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breaking; Finite element method; Impact loads; Probabilistic models; Window glass

Indexed keywords

BREAKING; IMPACT LOADS; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; WINDOW GLASS;

DATA REDUCTION; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GLASS;

EID: 14744303809     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0431(2004)10:4(126)     Document Type: Article

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