Study of damage in windshield glazing subject to impact by a pedestrian's head

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

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-84

  Xu, J ^a   Li, Y B ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Crack pattern; Damage mechanism; Pedestrian protection; Poly(vinyl butyral) windshield glazing

Indexed keywords

GLAZES;

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CRACK PATTERNS; DAMAGE MECHANISM; PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION; POLY(VINYL BUTYRAL);

WINDSHIELDS;

EID: 67649769795     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO974     Document Type: Article

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