Effects of different design parameters on the stone-impact resistance of automotive windshields

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 219, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1059-1067

  Sun, X ^a   Khaleel, M A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive windshield design; Glass cracking; Glass damage; Hertzian cone crack; Impact resistance; Star shaped crack; Stone impact; Web shaped crack

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WINDSHIELDS;

AUTOMOTIVE WINDSHIELD DESIGN; GLASS CRACKING; GLASS DAMAGE; HERTZIAN CONE CRACK; STAR-SHAPED CRACK; STONE IMPACT; WEB-SHAPED CRACK;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 27444431563     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: 09544070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440705X34784     Document Type: Article

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