Crack analysis in PVB laminated windshield impacted by pedestrian head in traffic accident

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-71

  Xu, Jun ^a   Li, Yibing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Cracks analysis; Impact; Internal stress; PVB laminated windshield

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACKS; CLASSICAL EXAMPLES; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CRACK ANALYSIS; CRACK EVOLUTIONS; FEA MODELS; FEA SOFTWARES; HEAD IMPACTS; HERTZIAN PRESSURES; IMPACT; IMPACT VELOCITIES; INTERNAL STRESS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR VISCO ELASTICS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; POISSON'S RATIOS; PVB LAMINATED WINDSHIELD; RADIAL CRACKS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; UPDATED LAGRANGIAN METHODS;

ACCIDENTS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LAMINATING; POISSON RATIO; TENSILE STRESS; WINDSHIELDS;

CRACKS;

EID: 65249145192     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260802462427     Document Type: Article

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